{"id":"CVE-2016-4701","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4701","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:09.243Z","title":"Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.","description":"Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.","published":"2016-09-25T10:59:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.00345,"percentile":0.27742,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT207170","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT207170","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4701","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}