CVE-2016-1843

N/A
Published: May 20, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 10.11.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206567

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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