Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple macOS Sierra 10.12.1 - 'IOFireWireFamily' FireWire Port Denial of Service EDB-44235 · dos · Aug 19, 2017
GitHub 1 repository
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bazad/IOFireWireFamily-overflow ★ 2 · Aug 19, 2017
CVE-2016-7608: Buffer overflow in IOFireWireFamily.
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References
- 94903 vdb-entry
- 1037469 vdb-entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423