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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.