CVE-2016-1813

high

Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

The IOAccelSharedUserClient2::page_off_resource method in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39924 dos osx verified

Google Security Research · 2016-06-10

Apple Mac OSX Kernel - NULL Dereference in IOAccelSharedUserClient2::page_off_resource

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected	`2.2.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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