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CVE-2016-1801
The CFNetwork Proxies subsystem in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, and tvOS before 9.2.1 mishandles URLs in http and https…
High7.5EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The CFNetwork Proxies subsystem in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, and tvOS before 9.2.1 mishandles URLs in http and https requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- VU#877625 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 90697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206568 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_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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