CVE-2016-1764
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows...
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a javascript: URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a javascript: URL.
- Record
CVE-2016-1764- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a javascript: URL.
- Record
CVE-2016-1764- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2859 No score
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a javascript: URL.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2859- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c73g-jhmv-425w
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows...
The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Messages in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a javascript: URL.
- Record
GHSA-c73g-jhmv-425w- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | moloch--/cve-2016-1764 | 2016-04-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1764 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Mac Os X, published March 24, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.63%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.