PT-2015-2926 · Apple · Tvos+1

Juwei Lin · Published 2015-12-11 · Updated 2017-09-13 · CVE-2015-7109

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 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.2 tvOS versions prior to 9.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the IOAcceleratorFamily component of Apple operating systems. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted app, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.2, update to version 10.11.2 or later to resolve the issue. For tvOS versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00023

CVE-2015-7109

Affected Products

Os X

Tvos

References · 7

• https://support.apple.com/HT205640 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7109 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00023 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034344 · Note