CVE-2016-1758

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Published 2016-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

3.3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-layout information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

macOS Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.