CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5900
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-10-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Description
The protected range register in the EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 has an incorrect value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (boot failure) via a crafted app that writes to an unintended address.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory