CVE-2016-1791

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

Description The issue is related to the AMD subsystem in the operating system, which lacks protection of internal data. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to access protected information in the kernel memory. The exploitation allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive kernel memory-layout information until a patch is applied.