CVE-2016-4630 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's ImageIO framework, affecting OS X versions prior to 10.11.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by processing a specially crafted EXR image utilizing B44 compression. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability received limited community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.