CVE-2012-3724

iPhone OS < 5.1.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Malformed URL Hostname Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly identify the host portion of a URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the construction of an HTTP request with an incorrect hostname derived from a malformed URL.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/85637
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78723

Scores

EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 66.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (40)
apple/iphone_os 1.0.0
apple/iphone_os 1.0.1
apple/iphone_os 1.0.2
apple/iphone_os 1.1.0
apple/iphone_os 1.1.1
apple/iphone_os 1.1.2
apple/iphone_os 1.1.3
apple/iphone_os 1.1.4
apple/iphone_os 1.1.5
apple/iphone_os 2.0
... and 30 more
Published Sep 20, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026