CVE-2012-3738

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly limit the dialing methods, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and make FaceTime calls through Voice Dialing, or obtain sensitive contact information by attempting to make a FaceTime call and reading the contact suggestions.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 5.1.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+33)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/85620
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/85620
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

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