High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-1801

Description

The CFNetwork Proxies subsystem in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, and tvOS before 9.2.1 mishandles URLs in http and https requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone Os
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <9.3.2
Apple Inc./Mac Os X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.11.5
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <9.2.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/90697nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT206564nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206567nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206568nvdVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877625nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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