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CVE-2015-5874

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Published

2015-09-18T12:00:16.637

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.10.5	Yes
Application	apple	itunes	≤ 12.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	≤ 8.4.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	watchos	1.0	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/msg00003.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76763 ([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])
https://support.apple.com/HT205221 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 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/msg00003.html Patch, 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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76763 (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)
https://support.apple.com/HT205221 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)