VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-4688

high
Published 2017-02-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "FontParser" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted font.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
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/HT207487

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207275

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207271

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207270

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207269

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected10.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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