CVE-2016-7661: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Power Management" component. It allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to Mach port name references.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 10.1.1
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.12.1

Published 2017-02-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.