Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-5874
CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.043 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Itunes
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple watchOS — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/HT205221 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/HT205212 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76763 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/HT205267 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205213 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)