Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apple Kernel

CVE-2016-4669 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows local users to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (MIG code mishandling and system crash) via unspecified vectors.

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