01 Record

CVE-2016-1754

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, tvOS before 9.2, and watchOS before 2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 73.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-03-24 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-13

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6bf140431a1ed9d6d15abd18c08c7990441dc86893d817fb8e930f5d039dd98f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

appleiphone_osNot specified—

applemac_os_xNot specified—

appletvosNot specified—

applewatchosNot specified—

06 References

lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206167x_refsource_CONFIRM
support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206168x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1035353http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206169x_refsource_CONFIRM
support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206166x_refsource_CONFIRM