CVE-2016-1828 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the kernel of Apple iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS that allows a crafted application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry for a local privilege escalation on OS X 10.10.5 exists, indicating proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.