VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-4728

high
Published 2016-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.8

Description

WebKit in Apple iOS before 10, tvOS before 10, iTunes before 12.5.1 on Windows, and Safari before 10 mishandles error prototypes, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

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 macOS Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected 10.0

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applesafari{"endExcluding":"10.0"}10.0
macos appleitunes{"endExcluding":"12.5.1"}12.5.1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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