CVE-2016-4724 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before version 10 and OS X before version 10.12, residing within the IOAcceleratorFamily. This flaw allows a crafted application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service through a NULL pointer dereference. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a significant risk, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation but offering high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.