CVE-2016-4712: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreCrypto in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted app.

Affected products

  • Apple iPhone OS: before 10.0 (fixed in 10.0)
  • Apple Mac OS X: before 10.12.0 (fixed in 10.12.0)
  • Apple tvOS: before 10.0 (fixed in 10.0)
  • Apple watchOS: before 3.0 (fixed in 3.0)

Published 2016-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.