CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1720
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-02-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
IOKit in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (< 10.11.3)
• apple tvos (< 9.1.1)
• apple iphone os (< 9.2.1)
• apple watchos (< 2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 Exploit
- https://support.apple.com/HT205729 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205731 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205732 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 Exploit
- https://support.apple.com/HT205729 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205731 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205732 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry