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CVE-2016-1843 (GCVE-0-2016-1843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-20 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI
Summary
The Messages component in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles filename encoding, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT206567 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-05-16 00:00
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