CVE-2016-1846: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The nvCommandQueue::GetHandleIndex method in the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.11.4

Published 2016-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.