What is CVE-2015-7987?

CVE-2015-7987 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Airport Base Station, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2015-7987?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Apple Airport Base Station

CVE-2015-7987

Multiple buffer overflows in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allow remote attackers to read or write to out-of-bounds memory locations via vectors involving the (1) GetValueForIPv4Addr, (2) GetValueForMACAddr, (3) rfc3110_import, or (4) CopyNSEC3ResourceRecord function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7987?: CVE-2015-7987 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Airport Base Station, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2015-7987?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.