CVE-2016-7742

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "xar" component, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that triggers use of uninitialized memory locations.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://support.apple.com/HT207423Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207423Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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