GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2

GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

The SecKeyDeriveFromPassword function in Apple OS X before 10.12 does not use the CF_RETURNS_RETAINED keyword, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by triggering key derivation.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2/fixes/registry"

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4752 advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207170 url
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055 url
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858 url

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