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CVE-2016-1828

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
5.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44239 · May 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0577 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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/May/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206564
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206566
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206567
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206568
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/90691
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035890
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry