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CVE-2016-1819
Use-after-free vulnerability in the IOAccelContext2::clientMemoryForType method in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS…
High7.8EPSS 4.8%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the IOAccelContext2::clientMemoryForType method in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 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-2016-1817 and CVE-2016-1818.
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)
- 4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (2 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 (13)
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39928 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206566 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90694 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137396/OS-X-Kernel-Use-After-Free-From-IOAcceleratorFamily2-Bad-Locking.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1035890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=772 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206568 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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)
Record last updated .