CVE-2012-3742
Safari in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly restrict use of an unspecified Unicode character that looks similar to the https lock indicator, which allows remote attackers to spoof https connections
02 Description
Safari in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly restrict use of an unspecified Unicode character that looks similar to the https lock indicator, which allows remote attackers to spoof https connections
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-09-20 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 74a2b34e777cc70b841ef9af86a81f03a00503643693b330ad800852db98f3ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapple-ios-safari-cve20123742(78708)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78708
- osvdb.org85632http://osvdb.org/85632
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-source No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.