CVE-2016-4719
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The GeoServices component in Apple iOS before 10 and watchOS before 3 does not properly restrict access to PlaceData information, which allows attackers to discover physical locations via a crafted application.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
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 โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ 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 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92932
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92933
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036797
- https://support.apple.com/HT207141
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92932
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92933
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036797
- https://support.apple.com/HT207141
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.