CVE-2016-1757

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.127 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

12.7% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.6–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.07highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v2.09.3criticalAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.06.6mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimaryCWE-362US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39595Apple Mac OSX / iOS - SUID Binary Logic Error Kernel Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-39741Mach Race OSX - Local Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db
gdbinit/mach_raceExploit code for CVE-2016-1757PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. OS X≤ 10.11.4fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 9.3fstec_bduRU
apple iphone os≤ 9.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x≤ 10.11.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-03-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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