CVE-2012-0645 — Siri in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly restrict the ability of Mail.app to handle voice commands, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the locked state via a command that forwards an active e-mail message to an arbitrary recipient

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Siri in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly restrict the ability of Mail.app to handle voice commands, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the locked state via a command that forwards an active e-mail message to an arbitrary recipient

Published Mar 8, 2012

1.2

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

Siri in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly restrict the ability of Mail.app to handle voice commands, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the locked state via a command that forwards an active e-mail message to an arbitrary recipient.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00346

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00346

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.35% (0.00346)	25.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00346)	26.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.09% (0.00092)	23.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.10% (0.00098)	42.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.10% (0.00098)	41.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00098)	39.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48288
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48288		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Mar 8, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 12, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-0645

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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