An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

Published 9 y ago 2017-02-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.1%

percentile 66%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-40957 Apple macOS < 10.12.2 / iOS < 10.2 - Broken Kernel Mach Port Name uref Handling Privileged Port Name Replacement Privilege Escalation · local · 2016-12-22
EDB-40931 Apple macOS 10.12 16A323 XNU Kernel / iOS 10.1.1 - 'set_dp_control_port' Lack of Locking Use-After-Free · local · 2016-12-16

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.2	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/40957/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
support.apple.com /HT207487 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/40931/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
support.apple.com /HT207422 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94905 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1037469 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
support.apple.com /HT207423 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-7637
NVD: CVE-2016-7637

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