PT-2015-2066 · Apple · Webkit+1

Joe Vennix · Published 2015-09-16 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iTunes versions prior to 12.3

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash. This is related to vectors involving iTunes Store browsing. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in the WebKit component. Exploitation can enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by manipulating functions related to iTunes Store browsing.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.3, update to version 12.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to iTunes Store browsing functionality until the update is applied.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11412

CVE-2015-5808

Affected Products

Webkit

Itunes

References · 12

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5808 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5808 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11412 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76765 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205265 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/ru-ru/HT205221 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033617 · Note