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

EPSS: 0.003 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
Vmware Fusion — versions 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.