8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-4622
Apple WebKit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, Safari before 9.1.2, and tvOS before 9.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4589, CVE-2016-4623, and CVE-2016-4624.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-4622 has a 41 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-2016-4622 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 iphone_os
2 Apple tvos
3 Apple safari
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-4622.

URL Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT206900 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT206900 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
24 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2025, 5:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 83 different CVEs too.

Research browsers

JavaScript HTML

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2025, 2:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 83 different CVEs too.

Master web security: OWASP Top 10, XSS, SQLi, CSRF, and secure coding practices. Includes labs, tools, and examples for secure web development.

csrf hacking hacking-tool owasp penetration-testing websecurity xss xss-exploitation xss-vulnerability

Updated: 18 hours, 18 minutes ago
7 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 15, 2025, 3:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 2, 2024, 4:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 179 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 30, 2024, 11:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 29, 2023, 10:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 8 hours, 18 minutes ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 438 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2023, 1:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 267 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 24, 2023, 9:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 27, 2022, 1:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 16, 2022, 9:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 256 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 30, 2022, 6:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 253 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Aug. 25, 2022, 12:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 250 different CVEs too.

🐶 A curated list of Web Security materials and resources. With repository stars⭐ and forks🍴

awesome awesome-list hacking injection list penetration-testing pentest pentesting security security-tools web webapp websecurity website

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
17 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Aug. 2, 2022, 8:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4622 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4622 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206900
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206902
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206905
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485 No Types Assigned http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486 No Types Assigned http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.1.1 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.3.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.2.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.2 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.3.3 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.2
  • 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]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91830 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-486 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-485 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, Vendor Advisory
    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, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206905 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206902 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206900 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206900 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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.

55.21 }} -4.26%

score

0.97860

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
© cvefeed.io
Latest DB Update: Apr. 24, 2025 4:50