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CVE-2016-1757

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in 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 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://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=676
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39595/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39741/
• 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://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=676

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