CVE-2016-7629

published 2017-02-20

CVE-2016-7629: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "kext tools" component. It allows attackers to…

Priority P3 35 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "kext tools" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.12.1	—
apple	macos_sierra_10.12.2_security_update_2016-003_el_capitan_and_security_update_201	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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