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CVE-2015-1092

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1092 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in NSXMLParser within Apple's Foundation framework, affecting iOS before 8.3 and Apple TV before 7.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging external entity declarations and references in XML data. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, leading to potential information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor readily available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204661
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204662
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT204870
securityfocus.com / bid/73983
securitytracker.com / id/1032050