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CVE-2016-4728
WebKit in Apple iOS before 10, tvOS before 10, iTunes before 12.5.1 on Windows, and Safari before 10 mishandles error prototypes, which…
High8.8EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
WebKit in Apple iOS before 10, tvOS before 10, iTunes before 12.5.1 on Windows, and Safari before 10 mishandles error prototypes, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.
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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% 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 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207158 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1036854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 93064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-7 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_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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