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CVE-2016-4627

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4627 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in IOAcceleratorFamily affecting Apple iOS before 9.3.3, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it indicates a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 67th 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/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 / HT206904
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206905
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91831
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036344
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry