PT-2015-2073 · Apple · Webkit+1

Published 2015-09-16 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5815

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, via vectors related to iTunes Store browsing. It is caused by a buffer overflow in the WebKit component. Exploitation of this issue may enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by manipulating functions related to iTunes Store browsing.

Recommendations For Apple iTunes versions prior to 12.3, update to version 12.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the iTunes Store to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the affected WebKit component for browsing until the issue is resolved.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11419

CVE-2015-5815

MGASA-2016-0116

Affected Products

Webkit

Itunes

References · 33

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0116.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5815 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5815 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11419 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5815 · Vendor Advisory
• http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0001.html · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2015/11/11/webkitgtk2.10.4-released.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76765 · Note