Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerability in IOUSBFamily (CVE-2016-1749)
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-1749
Advisory Date: APR 07, 2016
DESCRIPTION
Multiple memory corruption issues in IOUSBFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 can allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. It may also cause a denial of service. This vulnerability has been discovered and reported to Apple by Trend Micro researcher Juwei Lin.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Apple OS X before 10.11.4
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