01 Record
CVE-2016-1771
The Downloads feature in Apple Safari before 9.1 mishandles file expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted web site.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Downloads feature in Apple Safari before 9.1 mishandles file expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted web site.
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
- 1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2016-03-24 01:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-13
- 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
- 14fc8b6d8aeaaf6fe62e5e4ddd80589f5c4cc6d90110e8af774e3490499eb4ec
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1035354http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035354
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-6http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html
- www.securityfocus.com85055http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85055
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206171