CVE-2016-4738 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in libxslt, impacting Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a specially crafted website. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but with low attack complexity (AC:L) over a network (AV:N), potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its high severity and a FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.