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CVE-2015-5844

IOKit in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5845 and CVE-2015-5846.

Published

2015-09-18T10:59:58.407

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	watchos	1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	≤ 8.4.1	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609 ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT205213 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT205213 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)