7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-1821

Published: 20/05/2016 Updated: 02/12/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 935
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

IOAudioFamily in Apple OS X prior to 10.11.5 allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Vulnerability Trend

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Exploits

/* Source: bugschromiumorg/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=776 IOAudioEngineUserClient::closeClient sets the audioEngine member pointer to NULL IOReturn IOAudioEngineUserClient::closeClient() { audioDebugIOLog(3, "+ IOAudioEngineUserClient[%p]::closeClient()\n", this); if (audioEngine && !isInactive()) { if (isO ...