CVE-2012-3731: Apple iPhone OS

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mail in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly implement the Data Protection feature for e-mail attachments, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended passcode requirement via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 5.1.1; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.1.0 only; version 1.1.1 only; …

Published 2012-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.