CVE-2015-1157

Apple Security Advisory 2015-06-30-2

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.

CoreText en Apple iOS 8.x hasta 8.3 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (reinicio y interrupción de mensaje) a través de texto Unicode manipulado que no se maneja correctamente durante la truncación de la pantalla en la característica Notifications, tal y como fue demostrado por caracteres arábigos en (1) un mensaje de SMS o (2) un mensaje de WhatsApp.

OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 and Security Update 2015-005 are now available and address privilege escalation, arbitrary code execution, access bypass, and various other vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-16 CVE Reserved
2015-05-28 CVE Published
2015-10-28 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-17: DEPRECATED: Code

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot	X_refsource_misc
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-ios-bug-sees-message-app-crash-iphone-reboot-simply-by-receiving-message-1503083	X_refsource_misc
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032408	Vdb Entry
https://ghostbin.com/paste/zws9m	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/perillamint/CVE-2015-1157	2015-10-28
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37e8c1/malicious_text_message	2024-08-06
http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns	2024-08-06
http://zanzebek.com/a-simple-text-message-can-ruin-any-iphone	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html	2016-11-28
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html	2016-11-28

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html	2016-11-28
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941	2016-11-28
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942	2016-11-28
https://support.apple.com/HT205221	2016-11-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.0.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.0.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.0.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.0.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.1.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.1.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.1.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.1.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				8.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version "8.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				<= 10.0.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " <= 10.0.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Itunes Search vendor "Apple" for product "Itunes"				<= 12.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Itunes" and version " <= 12.2"		-		Affected