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CVE-2016-1820
Buffer overflow in IOAudioFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a…
High7.8EPSS 2.2%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- apple
Description
Buffer overflow in IOAudioFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 90696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-347 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1035895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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