CVE-2016-4629

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

ImageIO in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted xStride and yStride values in an EXR image.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.11.5

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0180/
https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/563
https://support.apple.com/HT206903
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0180/
https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/563
https://support.apple.com/HT206903

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