CVE-2016-4678

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.1

Description The issue involves the AppleSMC component and allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors. It is related to errors in pointer dereferencing.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.12.1, update to version 10.12.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AppleSMC component until a patch is available.