Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2016-4625 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in IOSurface in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

published 2016-07-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5611

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in IOSurface in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-40669)

Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-40669 Apple macOS 10.12 - 'task_t' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2016-10-31
  • EDB-40653 Apple OS X/iOS Kernel - IOSurface Use-After-Free local, 2016-10-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.