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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2016-4649

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Audio in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

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

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published