What is CVE-2015-7988?

CVE-2015-7988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Airport Base Station. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2015-7988?

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

Vulnerability in Apple Airport Base Station

CVE-2015-7988

The handle_regservice_request function in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.048 (91.1th 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

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7988?: CVE-2015-7988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Airport Base Station. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2015-7988?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.