What is CVE-2016-7604?

CVE-2016-7604 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7604?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-7604

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreCapture" component. It allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th 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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

product-security@apple.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7604?: CVE-2016-7604 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7604?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.