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OS X update for CoreStorage (CVE-2016-7603)

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OS X update for CoreStorage (CVE-2016-7603)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/16/2016
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreStorage" component. It allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_12_2

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