CVE-2016-8507

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Yandex Browser for iOS before 16.10.0.2357 does not properly restrict processing of facetime:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to initiate facetime-call without user's approval and obtain video and audio data from a device via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Yandex N.V. Yandex Browser for desktop: before 16.10.0.2357 — fixed in 16.10.0.2357

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Yandex N.V. Yandex Browser for desktop 16.10.0.2357. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96517
https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-16-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96517
https://yandex.com/blog/security-changelogs/fixed-in-version-16-10

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