VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-6987

low
Published 2015-10-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

The File Bookmark component in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted bookmark metadata in a folder.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205375

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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