CVE-2016-1734

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Published 2016-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.8

Description

AppleUSBNetworking in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted USB device.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206166

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.