vulnerability

OS X update for xar (CVE-2016-7742)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 17, 2017
Added
Jan 17, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

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.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-10_12_2
Title
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