CVE-2016-1798

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.11.5 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5

Description The issue is related to a component in the Audio system of the operating system, which is affected by pointer dereference errors. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to cause a denial of service, specifically a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue.