CVE-2016-7612 is a critical kernel vulnerability affecting iOS before 10.2, macOS before 10.12.2, and watchOS before 3.1.3. This flaw allows a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service through memory corruption. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (running a crafted app) but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit demonstrating a use-after-free vulnerability related to ipc_port_t reference count leaks has been published on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.