CVE-2015-7109

critical
Published 2015-12-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 and tvOS before 9.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

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/HT205640

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205637

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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