CVE-2016-4718

MEDIUM

Apple Iphone OS < 10.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Buffer overflow in FontParser in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font file.

References (10)

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93054

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207141

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207142

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207143

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0232

EPSS Percentile 84.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Affected Products (5)

apple/iphone_os < 10.0

apple/mac_os_x < 10.12.0

apple/tvos < 10.0

apple/watchos < 3.0

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026