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CVE-2016-4772

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4772 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the kernel of Apple iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS that could lead to an unintended device lock. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and could result in a complete loss of availability for affected devices. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.12CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/msg00006.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/msg00010.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207141
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207142
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207143
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207170
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93054
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036858
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry