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CVE-2016-4704

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4704 is a memory corruption vulnerability in otool within Apple Xcode versions prior to 8. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation or cause a denial of service through application crashes. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it has 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, publicly available exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article mentioning it in the context of broader Apple patches.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 61st 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

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/msg00003.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207140
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92931
securitytracker.com / id/1036787