CVE-2016-7594

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 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "ICU" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207422
https://support.apple.com/HT207423
https://support.apple.com/HT207487
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207422
https://support.apple.com/HT207423
https://support.apple.com/HT207487

CWEs

CWE-119

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