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CVE-2016-4628

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4628 is a vulnerability in IOAcceleratorFamily affecting Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and watchOS before 2.2.2. It allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service through an out-of-bounds read. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 15,903 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
support.apple.com / HT206902
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206904
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91832
securitytracker.com / id/1036344