High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7655

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreMedia External Displays" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (type confusion) via unspecified vectors.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.1.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.12.1
Apple Inc./CoreMedia External Displaysllm-create
Range: <10.2
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12.2
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.2

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207422nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207423nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469nvd

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