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CVE-2016-4702

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4702 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS prior to versions 10, 10.12, 10, and 3 respectively. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSSv3, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors related to audio processing. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.76%
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
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0576 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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/Sep/msg00006.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207141
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207142
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207143
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207170
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93054
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036858
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry