VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-4718

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Published 2016-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Buffer overflow in FontParser in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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.