CVE-2016-7742

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

1%p69

Published

Feb 20, 2017 (Feb 20, 2017)

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.

Vendors: apple
Products: mac os x
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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