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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1722

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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1722

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/19/2016
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

syslog in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • apple-ios-upgrade-latest

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