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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-4648

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Audio in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published