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CVE-2012-3724

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3724 describes a vulnerability in Apple iOS before version 6, specifically within the CFNetwork component. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information due to improper identification of the host portion of a URL, leading to HTTP requests being constructed with incorrect hostnames from malformed URLs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 85637
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78723
support.apple.com / kb/HT5503
Vendor Advisory