CVE-2016-4701
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service...
CVE-2016-4701 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Apple Mac Os X, published September 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.
- Record
CVE-2016-4701- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.
- Record
CVE-2016-4701- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5686 No score
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5686- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9wx-c62r-fqp7
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service...
Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.
- Record
GHSA-c9wx-c62r-fqp7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |