CVE-2015-5939 — 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 Buffer11 documents3 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Watchos+2 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted metadata in an image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5935, CVE-2015-5936, and CVE-2015-5937.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDapple/watchos1.0+1
▶Appleapple/watchos2.0.1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.0
▶NVDapple/iphone_os9.0.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-358j-r7c8-3h2p: ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-8xjw-hj33-qvm7: ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-9v48-qqhw-8p75: ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-3wmg-58pp-mmfc: ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2015-5939: watchOS 2.0.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5939: OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, Security Update 2015-004 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-007 Mavericks↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5939: iOS 9.1↗
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