Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS

CVE-2012-0646

Format string vulnerability in VPN in Apple iOS before 5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted racoon configuration file.

Published 2012-03-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.048 (91.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Iphone OS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/48288 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)