CVE-2016-7633 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7633?

CVE-2016-7633 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Services" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7633?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7633?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7633 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-7633 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7633 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rp3x-rw3h-pw48.