CVE-2015-3659

medium
Published 2015-07-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The SQLite authorizer in the Storage functionality in WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.2.7, 7.x before 7.1.7, and 8.x before 8.0.7, as used in Apple iOS before 8.4 and other products, does not properly restrict access to SQL functions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204950

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00004.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3659.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
macos macosaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applesafari{"endIncluding":"6.2.6"}
macos applesafari7.0
macos applesafari7.0.1
macos applesafari7.0.2
macos applesafari7.0.3
macos applesafari7.0.4
macos applesafari7.0.5
macos applesafari7.0.6
macos applesafari7.1.0
macos applesafari7.1.1
macos applesafari7.1.2
macos applesafari7.1.3
macos applesafari7.1.4
macos applesafari7.1.5
macos applesafari7.1.6
macos applesafari8.0
macos applesafari8.0.1
macos applesafari8.0.2
macos applesafari8.0.3
macos applesafari8.0.4
macos applesafari8.0.5
macos applesafari8.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.