CVE-2016-4661
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "ntfs" component, which misparses disk images and allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "ntfs" component, which misparses disk images and allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2016-4661- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "ntfs" component, which misparses disk images and allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2016-4661- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5646 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "ntfs" component, which misparses disk images and allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5646- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9hp9-jvrp-w54q
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "ntfs" component, which misparses disk images and allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.
- Record
GHSA-9hp9-jvrp-w54q- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4661 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Mac Os X, published February 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.