Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-6989
Grand Central Dispatch in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted package that is mishandled during dispatch calls.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205375 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205370 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205378 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929 (vdb-entry)