CVE-2018-6017 (GCVE-0-2018-6017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-24 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
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Summary
Unencrypted transmission of images in Tinder iOS app and Tinder Android app allows an attacker to extract private sensitive information by sniffing network traffic.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-01-23 00:00
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