Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-8035
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Apple watchOS
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 2.9.1
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT206167
- support.apple.com/HT206168
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 (vendor-advisory)
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/2 (mailing-list)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- xmlsoft.org/news.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8035?
- CVE-2015-8035 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-11-18.
- Is CVE-2015-8035 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.