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Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10007,"from":0.04925,"percentile":0.95456},"summary":"EPSS moved from 4.9% to 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137397/OS-X-Kernel-Raw-Cast-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90698","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=774","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206564","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206566","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206567","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206568","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39927/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137397/OS-X-Kernel-Raw-Cast-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90698","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=774","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206564","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206566","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206567","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206568","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39927/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1823","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}