Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2016-4743

 

Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2016-4743

Published: March 12, 2018 / Updated: March 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10913
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4743
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
Apple Safari

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption, gain access to potentially sensitive information and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4743

Update to version 10.0.2.

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