Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers on Apple OS X

Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers on Apple OS X

CVE-2016-1846 · HIGH Severity

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

The nvCommandQueue::GetHandleIndex method in the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted app.

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