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Released December 13, 2016
apache_mod_php
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple issues existed in PHP before 5.6.26. These were addressed by updating PHP to version 5.6.26.
CVE-2016-7411
CVE-2016-7412
CVE-2016-7413
CVE-2016-7414
CVE-2016-7416
CVE-2016-7417
CVE-2016-7418
AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7609: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Assets
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local attacker may modify downloaded mobile assets
Description: A permissions issue existed in mobile assets. This issue was addressed through improved access restrictions.
CVE-2016-7628: Marcel Bresink of Marcel Bresink Software-Systeme
Entry updated December 15, 2016
Audio
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7658: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
CVE-2016-7659: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
Bluetooth
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and OS X Yosemite v10.10.5
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7596: Pekka Oikarainen, Matias Karhumaa and Marko Laakso of Synopsys Software Integrity Group
Entry updated December 14, 2016
Bluetooth
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7605: daybreaker of Minionz
Bluetooth
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7617: Radu Motspan working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
CoreCapture
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1 and OS X El Capitan v10.11.6
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7604: daybreaker of Minionz
Entry updated December 14, 2016
CoreFoundation
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing malicious strings may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of strings. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7663: an anonymous researcher
CoreGraphics
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to unexpected application termination
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7627: TRAPMINE Inc. & Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM
CoreMedia External Displays
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local application may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the mediaserver daemon
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7655: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CoreMedia Playback
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted .mp4 file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7588: dragonltx of Huawei 2012 Laboratories
CoreStorage
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7603: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CoreText
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7595: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
CoreText
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted string may lead to a denial of service
Description: An issue when rendering overlapping ranges was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7667: Nasser Al-Hadhrami (@fast_hack), Saif Al-Hinai (welcom_there) of Digital Unit (dgunit.com)
Entry added December 15, 2016
curl
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: Multiple issues existed in curl. These issues were addressed by updating to curl version 7.51.0.
CVE-2016-5419
CVE-2016-5420
CVE-2016-5421
CVE-2016-7141
CVE-2016-7167
CVE-2016-8615
CVE-2016-8616
CVE-2016-8617
CVE-2016-8618
CVE-2016-8619
CVE-2016-8620
CVE-2016-8621
CVE-2016-8622
CVE-2016-8623
CVE-2016-8624
CVE-2016-8625
Directory Services
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7633: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7616: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
FontParser
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4691: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Foundation
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted .gcx file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7618: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Grapher
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted .gcx file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7622: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
ICU
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7594: André Bargull
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7643: Yangkang (@dnpushme) of Qihoo360 Qex Team
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7602: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
IOFireWireFamily
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local attacker may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7608: Brandon Azad
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A shared memory issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7624 : Qidan He (@flanker_hqd) from KeenLab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
IOHIDFamily
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local application with system privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7591: daybreaker of Minionz
IOKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7657: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
IOKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A shared memory issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7625: Qidan He (@flanker_hqd) from KeenLab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
IOKit
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A shared memory issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7714: Qidan He (@flanker_hqd) from KeenLab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added January 25, 2017
IOSurface
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: A shared memory issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7620: Qidan He (@flanker_hqd) from KeenLab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7606: @cocoahuke, Chen Qin of Topsec Alpha Team (topsec.com)
CVE-2016-7612: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An insufficient initialization issue was addressed by properly initializing memory returned to user space.
CVE-2016-7607: Brandon Azad
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7615: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to cause an unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in the kernel
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7621: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7637: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local application with system privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7644: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Kernel
****Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7647: Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Entry added May 17, 2017
kext tools
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7629: @cocoahuke
libarchive
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local attacker may be able to overwrite existing files
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed through improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2016-7619: an anonymous researcher
LibreSSL
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1 and OS X El Capitan v10.11.6
Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue in unbounded OCSP growth was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-6304
Entry updated December 14, 2016
OpenLDAP
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An attacker may be able to exploit weaknesses in the RC4 cryptographic algorithm
Description: RC4 was removed as a default cipher.
CVE-2016-1777: Pepi Zawodsky
OpenPAM
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local unprivileged user may gain access to privileged applications
Description: PAM authentication within sandboxed applications failed insecurely. This was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2016-7600: Perette Barella of DeviousFish.com
OpenSSL
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: An overflow issue existed in MDC2_Update(). This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-6303
OpenSSL
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue in unbounded OCSP growth was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-6304
Power Management
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7661: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An attacker may be able to exploit weaknesses in the 3DES cryptographic algorithm
Description: 3DES was removed as a default cipher.
CVE-2016-4693: Gaëtan Leurent and Karthikeyan Bhargavan from INRIA Paris
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of OCSP responder URLs. This issue was addressed by verifying OCSP revocation status after CA validation and limiting the number of OCSP requests per certificate.
CVE-2016-7636: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (cxsecurity.com)
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Certificates may be unexpectedly evaluated as trusted
Description: A certificate evaluation issue existed in certificate validation. This issue was addressed through additional validation of certificates.
CVE-2016-7662: Apple
syslog
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7660: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: A malicious local user may be able to view sensitive network configuration information
Description: Network configuration was unexpectedly global. This issue was addressed by moving sensitive network configuration to per-user settings.
CVE-2016-7761: Peter Loos, Karlsruhe, Germany
Entry added January 24, 2017
xar
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted archive may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The use of an uninitialized variable was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7742: Gareth Evans of Context Information Security
Entry added January 10, 2017
macOS Sierra 10.12.2, Security Update 2016-003 El Capitan, and Security Update 2016-007 Yosemite includes the security content of Safari 10.0.2.