What is CVE-2016-5329?

CVE-2016-5329 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-2016-5329?

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

Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-5329

VMware Fusion 8.x before 8.5 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: 0.003 (23.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.4% 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
VMware Fusion — versions 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037103 (vdb-entry)
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0017.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93888 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5329?: CVE-2016-5329 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-2016-5329?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.