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high 8.8

CVE-2016-7656 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2017-02-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8506

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. Safari before 10.0.2 is affected. iCloud before 6.1 is affected. iTunes before 12.5.4 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" 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.

Patch / fix

  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.14.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7656

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.14.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7656

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.5-2.18.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.0-2.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1SUSE-SU-2017:2933-1

  • gtk3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11506-1

Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.