CVE-2015-5940 — 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 Buffer4 documents3 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Accelerate Framework component in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1, when multi-threading is enabled, omits certain validation and locking steps, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.0
▶NVDapple/iphone_os9.0.2
▶Appleapple/ios9.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-p4jq-wxrf-c5vq: The Accelerate Framework component in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2015-5940: OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, Security Update 2015-004 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-007 Mavericks↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-5940: iOS 9.1↗
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