What is CVE-2016-10226?

CVE-2016-10226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-10226?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Apple Safari

CVE-2016-10226

JavaScriptCore in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 18, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bitfield out-of-bounds read and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that is mishandled in the operatorString function, related to assembler/MacroAssemblerARM64.h, assembler/MacroAssemblerX86Common.h, and wasm/WasmB3IRGenerator.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (75.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Safari — versions 18
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10226?: CVE-2016-10226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-10226?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.