PT-2015-1893 · Apple · Os X+2

Michal Zalewski · Published 2015-08-16 · Updated 2019-03-08 · CVE-2015-3807

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 in Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1 libxml2 in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted XML document. This is caused by a buffer overflow in the libxml2 component.

Recommendations For libxml2 in Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1, update to iOS 8.4.1 or later. For libxml2 in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5, update to OS X 10.10.5 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11239

CVE-2015-3807

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Libxml2

References · 14

• https://support.apple.com/HT205637 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11239 · Security Note
• 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
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3807 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033275 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76343 · Note