CVE-2016-7638
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.
- Record
CVE-2016-7638- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.
- Record
CVE-2016-7638- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8488 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8488- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4j8h-qwcm-2wwf
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.
- Record
GHSA-4j8h-qwcm-2wwf- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7638 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Apple Iphone Os, published February 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.