What is CVE-2016-8507?

CVE-2016-8507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yandex Browser, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-8507?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Yandex Browser

CVE-2016-8507

Yandex Browser for iOS before 16.10.0.2357 does not properly restrict processing of facetime:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to initiate facetime-call without user's approval and obtain video and audio data from a device via a crafted web site.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.015 (71.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Yandex Yandex_browser
Yandex N.v. Browser For Ios — versions before 16.10.0.2357 for iOS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

browser-security@yandex-team.ru (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
browser-security@yandex-team.ru (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8507?: CVE-2016-8507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yandex Browser, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-8507?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.