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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2011-3431

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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2011-3431

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/14/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/08/2014
Modified
05/27/2016

Description

The Home screen component in Apple iOS before 5 does not properly support a certain application-switching gesture, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive state information by watching the device's screen.

Solution(s)

  • apple-ios-upgrade-latest

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