CVE-2016-1784 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the History implementation of WebKit, affecting Apple iOS before 9.3, Safari before 9.1, and tvOS before 9.2. A remote attacker could exploit this by enticing a user to visit a crafted website, leading to excessive resource consumption and an application crash. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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