Vulnerability CVE-2016-7626
Published: 2017-02-20

Description:
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. tvOS before 10.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Profiles" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted certificate profile.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apple iOS/tvOS/watchOS Remote memory corruption through certificate
Maksymilian Arci...
06.11.2016

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Apple -> Watch os 
Apple -> Apple tv 
Apple -> Iphone os 
Apple -> Watchos 
Apple -> TVOS 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94852
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037429
https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Dec/msg00001.html
https://support.apple.com/HT207422
https://support.apple.com/HT207425
https://support.apple.com/HT207487
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40906/
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