Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-1819
The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.063 (93.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.063 · newest: 0.063 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Apple watchOS
- Oracle Linux — versions 7
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Xmlsoft Libxml
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT206167 (Third Party Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT206168 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- xmlsoft.org/news.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1819?
- CVE-2015-1819 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-08-14.
- Is CVE-2015-1819 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.