Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7638

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Find My iPhone" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to disable this component by bypassing authentication.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.1.1
Apple Inc./Find My iPhonellm-create
Range: <10.2
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94850nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207422nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037429nvd

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