CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-4776

HIGH
7.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-layout information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4773 and CVE-2016-4774.

How to fix

Remediation Available
iphone osNVD
Affected:< 10.0Fixed in:10.0CVE-2016-4776derived from NVD
mac os xNVD
Affected:< 10.12.0Fixed in:10.12.0CVE-2016-4776derived from NVD
tvosNVD
Affected:< 10.0Fixed in:10.0CVE-2016-4776derived from NVD
watchosNVD
Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2016-4776derived 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 RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days
58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2014-0160High7.5100%KEVFix
CVE-2025-5777High7.5100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2021-4034High7.895%KEVFix
CVE-2023-21769High7.592%-Fix
CVE-2023-49285High8.689%-Fix
CVE-2020-8794Critical9.889%-Fix
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