CVE-2016-4629 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in ImageIO within Apple OS X before version 10.11.6. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by processing a specially crafted EXR image with manipulated xStride and yStride values. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is listed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation, though it is not currently listed in the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.