PT-2015-2460 · Apple · Macos X+3

Day6Reak + 1 · Published 2015-10-23 · Updated 2016-12-24 · CVE-2015-6975

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iTunes (affected versions not specified) Mac OS X (affected versions not specified) iOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the CoreText component of the iTunes media player and Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted font file to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

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

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11825

CVE-2015-6975

Affected Products

Coretext

Macos X

Ios

Itunes

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6975 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205372 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11825 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205372 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033929 · Note