9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-4608
Apple iOS libxslt Memory Corruption Denial of Service
Description

libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4609, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612.

INFO

Published Date :

July 22, 2016, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:32 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-4608 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4608 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple itunes
2 Apple icloud
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Xmlsoft libxslt

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Shell

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Born at : July 18, 2019, 10:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 124 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4608 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4608 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.11.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.2 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.28 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.11.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (including) 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (including) 12.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 10.11.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.2.1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.11.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.2
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.2.1 *cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.4.2 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:12.4.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* (and previous) cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:5.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206905 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206903 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206903 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206904 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206904 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206899 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206899 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206902 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206901 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206901 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.66 }} 0.51%

score

0.91642

percentile

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