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CVE-2016-1779

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1779 describes a Same Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in WebKit, affecting Apple iOS before version 9.3 and Safari before version 9.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain a user's physical-location data through a specially crafted geolocation request. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206166
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT206171
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537948/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com / id/1035353