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CVE-2016-1741

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.3

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035363
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39615/
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035363
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39615/

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