CVE-2016-1788

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Messages in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, and watchOS before 2.2 does not properly implement a cryptographic protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to read message attachments via vectors related to duplicate messages.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.2.1
macOS: through 10.11.3
Apple watchOS: through 2.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
https://support.apple.com/HT206168
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
https://support.apple.com/HT206166

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