CVE-2016-1790

low

Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

3.3

Description

Buffer overflow in the Accessibility component in Apple iOS before 9.3.2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206568

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890
https://support.apple.com/HT206568
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890
https://support.apple.com/HT206568

CWEs

CWE-119

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