CVE-2015-5844

Apple Security Advisory 2015-09-16-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IOKit in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5845 and CVE-2015-5846.

Vulnerabilidad en IOKit en el kernel en Apple iOS en versiones anteriores a 9, permite a atacantes ejecutar código arbitrario en un contexto privilegiado o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través de una aplicación manipulada, una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2015-5845 y CVE-2015-5846.

iOS 9 is now available and addresses denial of service, information disclosure, and various other issues.

*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

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* 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 (6)

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
https://support.apple.com/HT205212	2016-12-22
https://support.apple.com/HT205213	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"		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