CVE-2016-1821

7.8 highEPSS 4.7%

IOAudioFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-05-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=776
https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Check your stack JSON