VULNERABILITY

OS X update for IOSurface (CVE-2016-7620)

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OS X update for IOSurface (CVE-2016-7620)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/16/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "IOSurface" component. It allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_12_2

References

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