PT-2015-7090 · Apple · Ios+2

Published 2015-10-23 · Updated 2016-12-24 · CVE-2015-5940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 9.1 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site, when multi-threading is enabled in the Accelerate Framework component. This occurs because the component omits certain validation and locking steps.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.1, update to version 10.11.1 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5940

Affected Products

Accelerate Framework

Os X

Ios

References · 7

• https://support.apple.com/HT205375 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5940 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205370 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/77263 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033929 · Note