What is CVE-2015-3415?

CVE-2015-3415 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. Published 2015-04-24.

Is CVE-2015-3415 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2015-3415

The sqlite3VdbeExec function in vdbe.c in SQLite before 3.8.9 does not properly implement comparison operators, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CHECK clause, as demonstrated by CHECK(0&O>O) in a CREATE TABLE statement.

Published 2015-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.10.5
Apple watchOS — versions 1.0.1
PHP
Sqlite
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1635.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74228 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-05 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2698-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
support.apple.com/HT205267 (Third Party Advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3415?: CVE-2015-3415 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. Published 2015-04-24.
Is CVE-2015-3415 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.