CVE-2016-1757 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Published: 2016-03-24

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: 58.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.58452.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=676
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39595/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39741/

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-03-24T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:38.966Z

Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1757

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-03-24T01:59:26.903

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1757

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362

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