Resource exhaustion in Apple Ipados
CVE-2019-15165
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Ipados — versions 13.3
- Apple Iphone_os — versions 13.3
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.2
- Apple Tvos — versions 13.3
- Apple Watchos — versions 6.1.1
- Oracle Communications_operations_monitor — versions 3.4, 4.0, 4.1
- Tcpdump Libpcap
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30, 31
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Product, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-15165?
- CVE-2019-15165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-15165?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-15165 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.