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by AndyMcConachie 2791 days ago
I understand it to be a classic buffer overflow using a memory copy. Bounds checking fails and a buffer is overflowed with bits from the attacker. The author was able to cause a kernel panic. This does not mean another attacker could not execute arbitrary code using this exploit.

I expect to see a PoC soon with arbitrary code execution in kernel space on all unpatched MacOS/iOS devices soon. Which would be bad...