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CVE-2016-1717

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1717 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Disk Images component of Apple iOS, OS X, and tvOS, allowing local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability received some community and media attention, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not known to be actively exploited. The EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205729
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205731
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205732
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206168
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1034736
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry