CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-4582

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1863 and CVE-2016-4653.

How to fix

Remediation Available
iphone osNVD
Affected:< 9.3.3Fixed in:9.3.3CVE-2016-4582derived from NVD
mac os xNVD
Affected:< 10.11.6Fixed in:10.11.6CVE-2016-4582derived from NVD
tvosNVD
Affected:< 9.2.2Fixed in:9.2.2CVE-2016-4582derived from NVD
watchosNVD
Affected:< 2.2.2Fixed in:2.2.2CVE-2016-4582derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days
31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

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