An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "xar" component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that triggers use of uninitialized memory locations.
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https://support.apple.com/HT207423 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:56.093Z
Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-7742

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:04.480
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-7742

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