CVE-2016-1769

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

5.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.0% 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.

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

6498443a91192c544092abbf451328ff7874bfe8ca07fa928a89a22d7d73f12d

• 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
• www.exploit-db.com39635https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39635/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1035363http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035363vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK