Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-1157
CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.
EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Iphone_os — versions 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
- Apple Itunes
- Apple Mac_os_x
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- product-security@apple.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1157?
- CVE-2015-1157 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-05-28.
- Is CVE-2015-1157 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.