CVE-2016-1718

HIGH

Apple OS X <10.11.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The IOAcceleratorFamily2 interface in IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205731
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-020/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 27.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.2
Published Feb 01, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026