CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7627

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 20, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the CoreGraphics component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted font.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Iphone_osApple*10.1.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References