Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-7499
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Apple watchOS
- HP Icewall Federation Agent — versions 3.0
- HP Icewall File Manager — versions 3.0
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
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, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT206167 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT206168 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 (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 (Vendor Advisory)
- git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7499?
- CVE-2015-7499 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-12-15.
- Is CVE-2015-7499 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.