What is CVE-2016-7666?

CVE-2016-7666 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Transporter, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7666?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-7666 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Apple Transporter

CVE-2016-7666

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Transporter before 1.9.2 is affected. The issue involves the "iTMSTransporter" component, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted EPUB.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Transporter

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94912 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
support.apple.com/HT207432 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7666?: CVE-2016-7666 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Transporter, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7666?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-7666 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.