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01 Record

CVE-2016-1843

The Messages component in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles filename encoding, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

The Messages component in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles filename encoding, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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
2.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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
2016-05-20 10:00Z10 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
2945172dd342325c6c2728fccf8143c350f14ed9721251f232ef582ebf0e1799

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
applemac_os_xNot specified—

06 References