PT-2016-2805

CVE-2016-4724

·

Published

2016-09-25

·

Updated

2017-07-30

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IOAcceleratorFamily versions prior to 10 (iOS) IOAcceleratorFamily versions prior to 10.12 (OS X)
Description The issue is related to pointer dereference errors in the IOAcceleratorFamily component of the operating systems. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
Recommendations For IOAcceleratorFamily versions prior to 10 (iOS), update to iOS 10 or later. For IOAcceleratorFamily versions prior to 10.12 (OS X), update to OS X 10.12 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾