CVE-2016-4590
medium
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.4
Description
WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and Safari before 9.1.2 mishandles about: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | not-affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.12.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.12.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.12.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.12.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.12.4-1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138502/WebKitGTK-SOP-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539295/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91835
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036343
- https://support.apple.com/HT206900
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4590
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.