CVE-2016-4780

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Thunderbolt" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-4780

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-02-20T08:59:01

Last Modified Date
2017-02-21T23:33:11

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.12.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9.3

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT207275	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4780
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4780

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:13				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:05:19	2017-02-20T08:59Z	2017-02-20T08:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:05:19		2017-02-21T23:33:11	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:05:19		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated