CVE-2015-5899 — 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
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.00%
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

libpthread in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages6 packages

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-w45x-27mq-f38r: libpthread in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2015-5899: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5899: iOS 9↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5899: watchOS 2↗
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