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