CVE-2015-5757 — 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 Buffer5 documents3 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.10%
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

libpthread in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an app that uses a crafted syscall to interfere with locking.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages5 packages

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-cc93-84wc-xxg5: libpthread in Apple iOS before 8↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2015-5757: iOS 8.4.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5757: Apple TV 7.2.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5757: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006↗
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