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CVE-2016-4625

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4625 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the IOSurface component of Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.6. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-40653 and EDB-40669), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40653 · Oct 31, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 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
support.apple.com / HT206903
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40653
exploit-db.com / exploits/40669
securityfocus.com / bid/91824
securitytracker.com / id/1036348