CVE-2017-6985 (GCVE-0-2017-6985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-22 04:54 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:49
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT207797 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2017-05-15 00:00
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