Medium 5.0Published Oct 14, 2011

CVE-2011-3246CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2 does not properly parse URLs, which allows remote attackers to trigger visits to unintended web sites, and transmission of cookies…

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CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2 does not properly parse URLs, which allows remote attackers to trigger visits to unintended web sites, and transmission of cookies to unintended web sites, via a crafted (1) http or (2) https URL.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.7.0; 10.7.1	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.7.0; 10.7.1	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	3.0; 3.1; 3.1; 3.1; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; 3.2; 3.2; and 21 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999	vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002	vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5052
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50115
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