What is CVE-2016-5328?

CVE-2016-5328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-5328?

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

Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-5328

VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.1.0 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel memory addresses and bypass the kASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-12-29 · 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: 0.004 (27.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X
VMware Tools — versions 10.0.0, 10.0.5, 10.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93886 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0017.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037102 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5328?: CVE-2016-5328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-5328?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.