CVE-2016-1779
WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3 and Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain physical-location data via a crafted geolocation request.
02 Description
WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3 and Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain physical-location data via a crafted geolocation request.
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
- 2.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% 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:H/I:N/A:N
- 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
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0448866cc46b45149e6b2d4cbc2eb8c6e277208bab90458818fade991dd2b1a7
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-6http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html
- www.securitytracker.com1035353http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- www.securityfocus.com20160331 WebKitGTK+ Security Advisory WSA-2016-0003http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537948/100/0/threaded
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206171
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206166
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
- qtwebkit-source No fix yet
- webkitgtk No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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