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TI-2012-03255 Aliases CVE-2012-3738GHSA-9xgr-mmj7-5vxv

The Emergency Dialer screen in the Passcode Lock implementation in Apple iOS before 6…

Priority LOW 17CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00323 25th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 40

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.1.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
Show 30 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3738
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xgr-mmj7-5vxv

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • 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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