CVE-2016-1791

low
Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The AMD subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206567

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.