CVE-2016-1859

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

2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

2016-05-20 10:00Z10 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

641097f7e7a3dff6e2b6b66ac30da4498d5ac5d5228bebd3b40e49b5a022714a

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-352x_refsource_MISC
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-05-16-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• www.securitytracker.com1035888http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035888vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137229/WebKitGTK-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Memory-Corruption.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206564x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-05-16-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206565x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160530 WebKitGTK+ Security Advisory WSA-2016-0004http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538522/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206568x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE