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CVE-2016-1755
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, tvOS before 9.2, and watchOS before 2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary…
High7.8EPSS 4.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, tvOS before 9.2, and watchOS before 2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1754.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035353 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 39614 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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