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CVE-2015-5844

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5844 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the IOKit kernel of Apple iOS before version 9, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted application. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high-impact threat that can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/Sep/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205212
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205213
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76764
securitytracker.com / id/1033609