CVE-2016-1820 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the IOAudioFamily component of Apple OS X, affecting versions prior to 10.11.5. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with privileged access through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) to execute, but once triggered, it can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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