What is CVE-2016-1732?

CVE-2016-1732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-1732?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-1732

AppleRAID in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
support.apple.com/HT206167 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035363 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1732?: CVE-2016-1732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-1732?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.