VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-7591

medium
Published 2017-02-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "IOHIDFamily" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
65%
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/HT207423

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207422

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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