CVE-2012-3738
The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly limit the dialing methods, which…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- apple
Description
The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly limit the dialing methods, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and make FaceTime calls through Voice Dialing, or obtain sensitive contact information by attempting to make a FaceTime call and reading the contact suggestions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 74% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 85620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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