VULNERABILITY

OS X update for CoreFoundation (CVE-2016-7663)

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OS X update for CoreFoundation (CVE-2016-7663)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/16/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreFoundation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted string.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_12_2

References

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