Information disclosure in Apple Inc. products - CVE-2016-4583
Published: July 19, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU166
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4583
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
Apple Safari
Apple iOS
tvOS
Apple Safari
Apple iOS
tvOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to access control error in Apple Safari. A remote unauthenticated attacker can obtain potentially sensitive information by creating a web site with a specially crafted SVG image that, when loaded by the target user, will access potentially sensitive image data from a different web site.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of system information
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4583
The vendor has issued a fix (9.1.2).