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CVE-2008-3171

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Apple Safari sends Referer headers containing https URLs to different https web sites, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: all versions

References

• http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-random-safari-notes.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30193
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43837
• http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-random-safari-notes.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30193
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43837

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