What is CVE-2015-7116?

CVE-2015-7116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-7116?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS

CVE-2015-7116

libxml2 in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, and tvOS before 9.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7115.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

support.apple.com/HT205635 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/HT205637 (Vendor Advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
support.apple.com/HT205640 (Vendor Advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7116?: CVE-2015-7116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-7116?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.