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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
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 Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30, 31
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES (Product, Release Notes)
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00031.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (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.