High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4711

Description

CCrypt in corecrypto in CommonCrypto in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 allows attackers to discover cleartext information by leveraging a function call that specifies the same buffer for input and output.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=9.3.5
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.11.6
Apple Inc./CommonCryptollm-fuzzy
Range: <10 (iOS), <10.12 (OS X)
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10
Apple Inc./OS Xllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12

Patches

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References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207143nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207170nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93056nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858nvd

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