CVE-2015-5869 — Improper Input Validation in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation5 documents3 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS 9+3 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 6.5 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.10.5
▶NVDapple/iphone_os8.4.1
▶Appleapple/ios_9
▶NVDapple/watchos1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-r6qr-4hj2-p97f: The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2015-5869: iOS 9↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5869: watchOS 2↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5869: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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