Actively exploited · Published Aug 25, 2016 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2016-4655
Medium 5.5 Exploited
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in iOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 24, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 33.4% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)33.4%top 1.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since May 24, 2022
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 14, 2022.
Official description
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3.5 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory via a crafted app.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-14-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2016/08/25/trident-pegasus/ x_refsource_MISC
- 44836 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- 92651 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://support.apple.com/HT207107 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- APPLE-SA-2016-08-25-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
- 1036694 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- 92965 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://support.apple.com/HT207145 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4655 government-resource