Resource exhaustion in Apple Safari
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2016-4592 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Apple Safari Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers Apple iOS Operating systems & Components / Operating system tvOS Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | Apple Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU167
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4592
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to access control error in Apple Safari. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service bycreating a specially crafted web site that, when loaded by the target user, will consume excessive memory resources on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of vulnerable system.
The vendor has issued a fix (9.1.2).
Vulnerable software versionsApple Safari: 9.1 - 9.1.1
Apple iOS: 9.3.0 - 9.3.2
tvOS: 9.2 - 9.2.1
External linkshttp://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206900
http://support.apple.com/cs-cz/HT206902
http://support.apple.com/cs-cz/HT206905
http://support.apple.com/cs-cz/HT206900
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
