High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4726

Description

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.0
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.12.0
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.0
Apple Inc./watchOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <3.0
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10
Apple Inc./OS Xllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12
Apple Inc./IOAcceleratorFamilyllm-fuzzy
Range: <10 (iOS), <10.12 (OS X), <10 (tvOS), <3 (watchOS)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93054nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207141nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207142nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207143nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207170nvdVendor Advisory

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