CVE-2016-1818

HIGH

Apple iOS <9.3.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1817 and CVE-2016-1819.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-637
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206567
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206566
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90694
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206564
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206568
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0217
EPSS Percentile 80.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
apple/iphone_os < 9.3.1
apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.4
apple/tvos < 9.2
apple/watchos < 2.2
Published May 20, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026