8.8

CVE-2016-9840: apple iphone_os

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9840SUSE-SU-2025:02536-1RHSA-2025:10541
Published 23-05-2017Last modified 08-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9840 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in apple iphone_os. EPSS estimates a 4.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.88%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 22
DLA-1725-1DLA-2085-1MGASA-2020-0108OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10876-1RHSA-2017:1220RHSA-2017:1221

Timeline

  1. 23-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 6 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.08 pp

From 4.79% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse41 products
  • boost-base&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
  • boost-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
  • boost-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
  • boost-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
  • boost-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
Chainguard22 products
  • mysql-8.0< 8.0.38-r0
  • mysql-8.0-client< 8.0.38-r0
  • mysql-8.0-dev< 8.0.38-r0
  • mysql-8.0-iamguarded-compat< 8.0.38-r0
  • mysql-8.0-oci-entrypoint< 8.0.38-r0
Redhat15 products
Apple4 products
Opensuse4 products
  • leapEOL42.1 | 42.2
  • opensuseEOL13.2
  • boost-base&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
  • boost&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.66.0-150200.12.7.1
Oracle4 products
  • database_server18c
  • jdk1.6.0:update161 | 1.7.0:update151 | 1.8.0:update144
  • jre1.6.0:update161 | 1.7.0:update151 | 1.8.0:update144
  • mysql≥ 5.5.0, ≤ 5.5.61 | ≥ 5.6.0, ≤ 5.6.41 | ≥ 5.7.0, ≤ 5.7.23 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.0.12
Ubuntu4 products
  • klibc< 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3+esm3 | < 2.0.4-8ubuntu1.16.04.4+esm2 | < 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.2+esm1 | < 2.0.7-1ubuntu5.2 | < 2.0.10-4ubuntu0.1 | < 2.0.13-4ubuntu0.1 | < 2.0.13-4ubuntu1
  • rsync< 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3 | < 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.1 | < 3.1.3-6
  • zlibAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3
  • zsyncAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian3 products
Alpine2 products
  • perl< 5.24.3-r1
  • zlib≥ 1.2.0.6, < 1.2.11-r0
Boost1 product
Canonical1 product
Nodejs1 product
  • node.js≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.1.2 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.8.2 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.8.1 | ≥ 6.9.0, < 6.10.2 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.6.0
Zlib1 product
  • zlib≥ 1.2.0.6, < 1.2.9

13 vendors · 103 products

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