Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1846 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-119
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2016-05-20
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The nvCommandQueue::GetHandleIndex method in the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
99

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionOS X Kernel - Exploitable NULL Pointer Dereference in nvCommandQueue::GetHandleIndex in GeForce.kext. CVE-2016-1846. Dos exploit for osx platform
fileexploits/osx/dos/39920.c
idEDB-ID:39920
last seen2016-06-11
modified2016-06-10
platformosx
port
published2016-06-10
reporterGoogle Security Research
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/39920/
titleOS X Kernel - Exploitable NULL Pointer Dereference in nvCommandQueue::GetHandleIndex in GeForce.kext
typedos

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_10_11_5.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.11.x prior to 10.11.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - AMD - apache_mod_php - AppleGraphicsControl - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement - Assistant - ATS - Audio - Captive - CFNetwork - CommonCrypto - CoreCapture - CoreStorage - Crash - Disk - Disk - Driver - Drivers - Drivers - Graphics - Graphics - Graphics - ImageIO - Images - Intel - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOAudioFamily - IOFireWireFamily - IOHIDFamily - Kernel - libc - libxml2 - libxslt - Lock - MapKit - Messages - Multi-Touch - Network - NVIDIA - OpenGL - Proxies - QuickTime - Reporter - SceneKit - Screen - Tcl - Utility Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id91228
published2016-05-19
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91228
titleMac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91228);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1792",
    "CVE-2016-1793",
    "CVE-2016-1794",
    "CVE-2016-1795",
    "CVE-2016-1796",
    "CVE-2016-1797",
    "CVE-2016-1798",
    "CVE-2016-1799",
    "CVE-2016-1801",
    "CVE-2016-1802",
    "CVE-2016-1803",
    "CVE-2016-1804",
    "CVE-2016-1805",
    "CVE-2016-1806",
    "CVE-2016-1807",
    "CVE-2016-1808",
    "CVE-2016-1809",
    "CVE-2016-1810",
    "CVE-2016-1811",
    "CVE-2016-1812",
    "CVE-2016-1813",
    "CVE-2016-1814",
    "CVE-2016-1815",
    "CVE-2016-1816",
    "CVE-2016-1817",
    "CVE-2016-1818",
    "CVE-2016-1819",
    "CVE-2016-1820",
    "CVE-2016-1821",
    "CVE-2016-1822",
    "CVE-2016-1823",
    "CVE-2016-1824",
    "CVE-2016-1825",
    "CVE-2016-1826",
    "CVE-2016-1827",
    "CVE-2016-1828",
    "CVE-2016-1829",
    "CVE-2016-1830",
    "CVE-2016-1831",
    "CVE-2016-1832",
    "CVE-2016-1833",
    "CVE-2016-1834",
    "CVE-2016-1835",
    "CVE-2016-1836",
    "CVE-2016-1837",
    "CVE-2016-1838",
    "CVE-2016-1839",
    "CVE-2016-1840",
    "CVE-2016-1842",
    "CVE-2016-1843",
    "CVE-2016-1844",
    "CVE-2016-1846",
    "CVE-2016-1848",
    "CVE-2016-1850",
    "CVE-2016-1851",
    "CVE-2016-1853",
    "CVE-2016-1861",
    "CVE-2016-3141",
    "CVE-2016-3142",
    "CVE-2016-4070",
    "CVE-2016-4071",
    "CVE-2016-4072",
    "CVE-2016-4073",
    "CVE-2016-4650"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    84271,
    84306,
    85800,
    85801,
    85991,
    85993,
    90692,
    90694,
    90696,
    90697,
    90698,
    90801,
    91353,
    92034
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4");

  script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Mac OS X.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.11.x prior
to 10.11.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in
the following components :

  - AMD
  - apache_mod_php
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
  - Assistant
  - ATS
  - Audio
  - Captive
  - CFNetwork
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - CoreStorage
  - Crash
  - Disk
  - Disk
  - Driver
  - Drivers
  - Drivers
  - Graphics
  - Graphics
  - Graphics
  - ImageIO
  - Images
  - Intel
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOAudioFamily
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - Lock
  - MapKit
  - Messages
  - Multi-Touch
  - Network
  - NVIDIA
  - OpenGL
  - Proxies
  - QuickTime
  - Reporter
  - SceneKit
  - Screen
  - Tcl
  - Utility

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can
result in arbitrary code execution.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206567");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?46de3fda");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.11.5 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4650");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/OS");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if (!os)
{
  os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/OS");
  if ("Mac OS X" >!< os)
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

  c = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence");
  if (c <= 70)
    exit(1, "Cannot determine the host's OS with sufficient confidence.");
}
if (!os)
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

match = eregmatch(pattern:"Mac OS X ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+)", string:os);
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Failed to parse the Mac OS X version ('" + os + "').");

version = match[1];

if (
  version !~ "^10\.11([^0-9]|$)"
) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.11 or later", "Mac OS X "+version);

fix = "10.11.5";
if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  items = make_array("Installed version", version,
                     "Fixed version", fix
                    );
  order = make_list("Installed version", "Fixed version");
  report = report_items_str(report_items:items, ordered_fields:order);

  security_report_v4(port:0, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
  exit(0);

 }
else
  audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Mac OS X", version);

References