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CVE-2016-1755

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1755 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the kernel of Apple iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS, allowing a crafted application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or cause a denial of service. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-39614) exists for OS X, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
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
5.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39614 · Mar 23, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0514 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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/Mar/msg00000.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206166
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206167
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206168
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206169
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39614
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035353
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry