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CVSSv3

CVE-2016-1827

Published: 20/05/2016 Updated: 25/03/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 935
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The kernel in Apple iOS prior to 9.3.2, OS X prior to 10.11.5, tvOS prior to 9.2.1, and watchOS prior to 2.2.1 allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1828, CVE-2016-1829, and CVE-2016-1830.

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Exploits

/* * flow_divert-heap-overflowc * Brandon Azad * * CVE-2016-1827: Kernel heap overflow in the function flow_divert_handle_app_map_create on OS X * and iOS Exploitation requires root privileges The vulnerability was patched in OS X El Capitan * 10115 and iOS 932 * * This proof-of-concept triggers a kernel panic on OS X Yosemite In E ...

Github Repositories

Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2016-1827 on OS X Yosemite.

flow_divert-heap-overflow flow_divert-heap-overflow is a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2016-1827, which was patched in OS X El Capitan 10115 and iOS 932 The vulnerability is a series of unchecked arithmetic operations on an untrusted length supplied from user space in the function flow_divert_handle_app_map_create Exploitation requires root privileges This proof-of-c