VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-1763

low
Published 2016-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5

Description

Messages in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not ensure that an auto-fill action applies to the intended message thread, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by providing a crafted sms: URL and reading a thread.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
45%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206166

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.