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CVE-2012-3733
Messages in Apple iOS before 6, when multiple iMessage e-mail addresses are configured, does not ensure that a reply's sender address…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
Messages in Apple iOS before 6, when multiple iMessage e-mail addresses are configured, does not ensure that a reply's sender address matches the recipient address of the original message, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about alternate e-mail addresses in opportunistic circumstances by reading a reply.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 85624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- apple-ios-messages-cve20123733(78686) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .