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CVE-2016-4718
Buffer overflow in FontParser in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
Buffer overflow in FontParser in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% 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: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://support.apple.com/HT207141 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036858 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 93054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207142 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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