CVE-2016-1849

low
Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
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/HT206568

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206565

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
applesafari{"endIncluding":"9.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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