CVE-2016-1737

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Medium 6.3

Description

Carbon in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dfont file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-1737

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-03-24T01:59:09

Last Modified Date
2016-12-03T03:22:21

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.11.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
LOW

Base Score
6.3

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT206167	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035363

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1737
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1737

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:01:21				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:42:19	2016-03-24T01:59Z	2016-03-24T01:59:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:42:19		2016-12-03T03:22:21	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 08:42:19		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated