CVE-2016-4590

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Published 2016-07-22 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.4

Description

WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and Safari before 9.1.2 mishandles about: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2016-4590 NameCVE-2016-4590 DescriptionWebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and Safari before 9.1.2 mishandles about: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) Vulnerable and fixed…

CVE-2016-4590

NameCVE-2016-4590
DescriptionWebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and Safari before 9.1.2 mishandles about: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)bullseye2.44.2-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.50.6-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.50.6-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie (security), trixie2.52.3-2~deb13u1fixed
forky2.52.3-2fixed
sid2.52.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.12.4-1unimportant

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.12.4-1
sid Fixed 2.12.4-1
forky Fixed 2.12.4-1
bullseye Fixed 2.12.4-1
bookworm Fixed 2.12.4-1
macos macOS Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Not affected —

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applesafari{"endIncluding":"9.1.1"}
macos applewebkit

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.