PT-2015-2097 · Apple · Ios

Filippo Bigarella · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the IOMobileFrameBuffer function of the iOS operating system. This can be exploited by a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11443

CVE-2015-5843

Affected Products

Ios

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5843 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11443 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205213 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note