CVE-2015-5840

Apple Security Advisory 2015-09-16-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The checkint division routines in removefile in Apple iOS before 9 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow fault and app crash) via crafted data.

Vulnerabilidad en las rutinas de división checkint en removefile en Apple iOS en versiones anteriores a 9, permite a atacantes causar una denegación de servicio (fallo de desbordamiento y caída de la aplicación) a través de datos manipulados.

OS X El Capitan 10.11 is now available and addresses close to 100 vulnerabilities that may exist in prior releases.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-08-06 CVE Reserved
2015-09-18 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	2016-12-22
https://support.apple.com/HT205212	2016-12-22
https://support.apple.com/HT205213	2016-12-22
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	2016-12-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				<= 10.10.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " <= 10.10.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				1.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				<= 8.4.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " <= 8.4.1"		-		Affected