Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1727

Title: Apple Safari RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1727.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Feb 01, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.89%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1727: WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, Safari before 9.0.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1724.

Impacted Vendors

A
apple 1
W
webkitgtk 1
W
webkit 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136227/WebKitGTK-Memory-Corruption-Denial-Of-Service.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537771/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81263 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034737 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15 https://support.apple.com/HT205729 https://support.apple.com/HT205730 https://support.apple.com/HT205732 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136227/WebKitGTK-Memory-Corruption-Denial-Of-Service.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537771/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81263 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034737 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15 https://support.apple.com/HT205729 https://support.apple.com/HT205730 https://support.apple.com/HT205732 https://support.apple.com/HT206168
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1727 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.