CVE-2016-4702

critical
Published 2016-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Audio in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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/HT207170

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207143

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207142

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207141

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected10.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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