CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7742

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-02-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "xar" component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that triggers use of uninitialized memory locations.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.12.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References