PT-2015-2074 · Apple · Webkit+2

Mark S. Miller · Published 2015-09-16 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5816

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 iOS versions prior to 9 iTunes versions prior to 12.3

Description The issue exists due to insufficient input validation in the WebKit component. Exploitation can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site, leading to memory corruption and application crash.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 9, update to version 9 or later to resolve the issue. For iTunes versions prior to 12.3, update to version 12.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11420

CVE-2015-5816

MGASA-2016-0116

Affected Products

Webkit

Ios

Itunes

References · 34

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5816 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0116.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205265 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11420 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5816 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note
• http://webkitgtk.org/2015/07/08/webkitgtk2.8.4-released.html · Note