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CVE-2016-4609 Detail

Current Description

libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4608, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206899 Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206901 Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206904 Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4609
NVD Published Date:
07/21/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2020
Source:
Apple Inc.