PT-2015-2098 · Apple · Ios

Filippo Bigarella · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5844

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the IOKit component of the iOS operating system kernel. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or cause a denial of service using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11444

CVE-2015-5844

Affected Products

Ios

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11444 · 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5844 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205213 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note