TI-2012-00589 Aliases CVE-2012-0641 GHSA-2372-vqj2-qq6j

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly construct request headers during…

LOW 27CWE-20Published 2012-03-08 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly construct request headers during parsing of URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3447.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0228 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	before 5.1	Vulnerable	Apple

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0641
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2372-vqj2-qq6j

References

Advisory 1

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-2

TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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