Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2016-9840
inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.049 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Apple watchOS
- Boost
- Node.js
- Oracle Database Server — versions 18c
- Oracle Jdk — versions 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0
- Oracle Jre — versions 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0
- Oracle MySQL
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1221 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3047 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/21 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95131 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00050.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-56 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9840?
- CVE-2016-9840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9840?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-9840 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.