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CVE-2016-1719
The IOHIDFamily API in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a…
High7.8Public exploitEPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The IOHIDFamily API in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Public exploit
6 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 39362 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39360 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39363 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39359 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39361 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39364 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (27)
- 39362 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135442/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarAccelerometer-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39360 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=604 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205729 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135441/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarCompass-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135439/iOS-Kernel-IOHIDEventService-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-25-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1034736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135438/iOS-Kernel-IOReportHub-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 39363 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135440/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarCMA-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=605 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=603 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135443/iOS-Kernel-AppleOscarGyro-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39359 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39361 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39364 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=608 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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