CVE-2015-5883 — Improper Input Validation in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple OS X EL Capitan V10.11
Timeline
PublishedOct 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.11 interpret directional override formatting characters differently, which allows remote attackers to spoof the content of a text document via a crafted character sequence.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.10.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-v826-5h8c-5wwj: The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2015-5883: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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