CVE-2016-1756

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.2.1
macOS: through 10.11.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
https://support.apple.com/HT206167

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