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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8592 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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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:04.480

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-7742

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