High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1861

Description

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 (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1846.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.11.4
Nvidia/Graphics Driverllm-fuzzy
Apple Inc./OS Xllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.11.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206567nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39930/nvd

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