CVE-2009-0960

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Mail component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not provide an option to disable remote image loading in HTML email, which allows remote attackers to determine the device address and when an e-mail is read via an HTML email containing an image URL.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+11)
Apple Ipod Touch: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35414
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51209
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35414
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51209

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