CVE-2016-4704 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4704?

CVE-2016-4704 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 18 Sep 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

otool in Apple Xcode before 8 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4705.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4704?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Xcode.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-4704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-65gj-m3fp-67g9.