CVE-2016-1788

Severity

26%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

48%

Messages in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, and watchOS before 2.2 does not properly implement a cryptographic protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to read message attachments via vectors related to duplicate messages.

Messages in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, and watchOS before 2.2 does not properly implement a cryptographic protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to read message attachments via vectors related to duplicate messages.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-03-24 01:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-03 03:23:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5

Vendor Advisory

1035353

https://support.apple.com/HT206166

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT206167

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT206168

Vendor Advisory

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