Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-1745

IOFireWireFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Published · last modified .

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:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored .

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 trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-1745: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

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

Affected products

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1745?
CVE-2016-1745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-1745?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.