CVE-2016-4655
Apple iOS: Information Disclosure
As of , CVE-2016-4655 in Apple iOS is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 24 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 14 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.33Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.06 on 24 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
The Apple iOS kernel allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory via a crafted application.
CISA's description
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3.5 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory via a crafted app.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 25 August 2016
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 5.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-200
- Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 44836).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: WebKit not_number defineProperties UAFexploit module, rank manual
- Exploit-DB: WebKit - not_number defineProperties UAF (Metasploit)EDB-ID 44836, verified by Exploit-DB, 5 June 2018
iOS: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-4657Webkit Memory Corruption | Apple iOS | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.67; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2016-4656Memory Corruption | Apple iOS | Patch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.24 | ||
| CVE-2021-30761WebKit Memory Corruption | Apple iOS | Patch soon | 0.11 | ||
| CVE-2021-30762WebKit Use-After-Free | Apple iOS | Patch soon | 0.11 | ||
| CVE-2022-42856Type Confusion | Apple iOS | Patch soon | 0.09 | ||
| CVE-2019-7287Memory Corruption | Apple iOS | Patch soon | 0.05 | ||
| CVE-2021-30666WebKit Buffer Overflow | Apple iOS | Patch soon | 0.03 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org