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CVE-2016-1863

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1863 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the kernel of Apple iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS, allowing a local attacker to gain privileges or cause a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that it is easily exploitable by a local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is noted in KEV, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-40652) exists for a use-after-free in IOBluetoothFamily.kext on OS X, suggesting proof-of-concept code is available. Despite this, the vulnerability has minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.2.2CPE 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
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40652 · Oct 31, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 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

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/Jul/msg00000.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206902
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206903
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206904
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206905
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40652
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/91828
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036344
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry