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CVE-2016-1719

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The IOHIDFamily API in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 9.2
• macOS: through 10.11.2
• Apple tvOS: through 9.1
• Apple watchOS: through 2.1

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135438/iOS-Kernel-IOReportHub-Use-After-Free.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135439/iOS-Kernel-IOHIDEventService-Use-After-Free.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135440/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarCMA-Use-After-Free.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135441/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarCompass-Use-After-Free.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135442/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarAccelerometer-Use-After-Free.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135443/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarGyro-Use-After-Free.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=603

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