CVE-2015-3797 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple TV+2 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3796 and CVE-2015-3798.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.10.4
▶Appleapple/ios8.4.1
▶Appleapple/apple_tv7.2.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-r4xv-4m8v-9gfg: The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-4mj6-cg56-cg3r: The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-wf8m-hh27-7j8g: The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2015-3797: iOS 8.4.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-3797: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-3797: Apple TV 7.2.1↗
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