CVE-2016-1861

HIGH

Apple OS X <10.11.5 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

The NVIDIA Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1846.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · cdososx

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39930

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT206567

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=724

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39930/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0302

EPSS Percentile 86.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.4

Published Jun 19, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026