CVE-2016-1793

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

AppleGraphicsDeviceControlClient in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-05-20 10:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-01 03:06:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137401/OS-X-AppleGraphicsDeviceControl-NULL-Pointer-Dereference.html

90696

1035895

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=782

https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Vendor Advisory

39923

Exploit

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