CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5757
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-08-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
libpthread in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an app that uses a crafted syscall to interfere with locking.
Affected configurations
• apple iphone os (<= 8.4)
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 Vendor Advisory