CVE-2016-1843 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1843?

CVE-2016-1843 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Messages component in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles filename encoding, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1843?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1843?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1843 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-1843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vc57-w9p4-h4mm.