CVE-2015-5775
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
FontParser in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3804 and CVE-2015-5756.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.