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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Mac OSX Kernel - Unchecked Array Index Used to Read Object Pointer Then Call Virtual Method in Nvidia Geforce Driver EDB-39615 · dos · Mar 23, 2016 · verified
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References
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- 39615 exploit
- 1035363 vdb-entry