CVE-2017-2516

published 2017-05-22

CVE-2017-2516: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass…

Priority P4 26 medium 5 CVSS 3.0

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

EXPLOIT

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.12.4	—
apple	macos_sierra_10.12.5_security_update_2017-002_el_capitan_and_security_update_201	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.0 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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