CVE-2015-5863

low
Published 2015-09-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

IOStorageFamily in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unknown vectors.

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 — https://support.apple.com/HT205267

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205213

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205212

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected
macos macos1.0affected

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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