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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1785

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Apple iOS Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1785

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/18/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The Page Loading implementation in WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3 and Safari before 9.1 mishandles character encoding during access to cached data, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

Solution(s)

  • apple-ios-upgrade-latest

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