Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1788

Description

Messages in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, and watchOS before 2.2 does not properly implement a cryptographic protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to read message attachments via vectors related to duplicate messages.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <9.3
Apple Inc./OS Xllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.11.4
Apple Inc./watchOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
<2.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.2
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.1
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=9.2.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.11.3

Patches

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References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206166nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206167nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206168nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353nvd

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