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Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-7714

CVE-2016-7714

Description

A local information disclosure vulnerability in Apple IOKit allows users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information.

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A local information disclosure vulnerability in Apple IOKit allows users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information.

Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the IOKit component of certain Apple products. The issue affects iOS before 10.2, macOS before 10.12.2, and watchOS before 3.1.3. The vulnerability allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via unspecified vectors [1][2][3].

Exploitation

An attacker requires local access to the affected device. No further details about the specific exploitation steps or required conditions have been publicly disclosed in the available references [1][2][3].

Impact

Successful exploitation allows a local user to leak sensitive kernel memory-layout information, aiding in the circumvention of memory protections. This is a low-severity issue (CVSS 3.3) because it does not directly enable code execution or data modification.

Mitigation

Apple released fixes in iOS 10.2, macOS 10.12.2, and watchOS 3.1.3 [1][2][3]. Users should update their devices to the latest available operating system versions. Apple does not list this CVE on the known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

References
  1. About the security content of iOS 10.2 - Apple Support
  2. About the security content of macOS Sierra 10.12.2, Security Update 2016-003 El Capitan, and Security Update 2016-007 Yosemite - Apple Support
  3. About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3 - Apple Support

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Affected products

6

Patches

0

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References

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