CVE-2012-3738

low
Published 2012-09-20 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.6

Description

The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly limit the dialing methods, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and make FaceTime calls through Voice Dialing, or obtain sensitive contact information by attempting to make a FaceTime call and reading the contact suggestions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macos macOS Affected 40 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
5.1 Affected โ€”
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References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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