CVE-2015-5846 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the IOKit kernel of Apple iOS before version 9 and watchOS. This flaw allows a crafted application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity risk, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.