Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2016-7632

 

Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2016-7632

Published: March 12, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10929
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7632
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 execute arbitrary code 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, execute arbitrary code and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-7632

Update to version 10.0.2.

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