CVE•Published 2017-02-20•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-4688Apple · Tvos
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "FontParser" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted font.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-20
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-4688Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Tvos"Hosts Shodan identified as running Tvos.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-4688Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-4688Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-4688Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-4688GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-4688" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (6)
CVE-2016-46886 repos
infosecn1nja/AD-Attack-Defenseunknown
Attack and defend active directory using modern post exploitation adversary tradecraft activity
pe3zx/my-infosec-awesomeunknown
My curated list of awesome links, resources and tools on infosec related topics
Yamato-Security/EnableWindowsLogSettingsBatchfile
Documentation and scripts to properly enable Windows event logs.
mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attackunknown
Set of EVTX samples (>270) mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactic and techniques to measure your SIEM coverage or developed new use cases.
mdecrevoisier/SIGMA-detection-rulesunknown
Set of SIGMA rules (>350) mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactic and techniques
paulveillard/cybersecurity-infosecShell
An ongoing & curated collection of awesome software best practices and techniques, libraries and frameworks, E-books and videos, websites, blog posts, links to github Repositories,…