CVE-2016-1821 is a critical vulnerability in IOAudioFamily within Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service via a crafted application. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept for a NULL pointer dereference is available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.