CVE-2015-3796

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Downstream
MGASA-2016-0395
Modified
Published: 16 Aug 2015, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
44/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
18.14% MEDIUM
18% probability +3.45%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Aug 2015, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3797 and CVE-2015-3798.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 18.14%• Percentile: 95%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • apple•iphone_os

    ≤ 8.4

  • apple•mac_os_x

    ≤ 10.10.4

References (7)