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CVE-2016-1775

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1775 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's TrueTypeScaler, affecting iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, tvOS before 9.2, and watchOS before 2.2. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted font file, leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
4.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0399 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205635
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205637
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205640
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205641
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035353
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-204
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry