CVE-2015-5844 — 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 Buffer10 documents5 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
1.5%
top 19.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
LibarchiveApple Iphone OSApple IOS 9+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDapple/iphone_os8.4.1
▶Appleapple/ios_9
▶NVDapple/watchos1.0
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3c4w-22x3-43gj: 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 corr↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-48w4-pj6c-cv65: 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 corr↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-4j4w-68fg-x9p9: 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 corr↗2022-05-17
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2015-5844: watchOS 2↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5844: iOS 9↗
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