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CVE-2016-4762

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4762 is a memory corruption vulnerability in WebKit, affecting Apple iOS, iTunes, iCloud, and Safari across both Apple and Windows platforms. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted website, requiring user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:12.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00007.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/msg00012.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00013.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207143
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207147
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207157
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207158
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93066
securitytracker.com / id/1036854