PT-2015-2094 · Apple · Ios

Jonathan Zdziarski · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 9

Description The issue is related to the checkint division routines in the removefile function, which can be exploited to cause a denial of service. This can lead to an overflow fault and app crash via crafted data. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in the removefile function of the iOS operating system. Exploitation of the vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service using specially crafted data.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11440

CVE-2015-5840

Affected Products

Ios

References · 10

• https://support.apple.com/HT205267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205213 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5840 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11440 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note