CVE-2015-5874 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's CoreText component, affecting iOS before version 9 and iTunes before 12.3, as well as macOS and watchOS. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a specially crafted font file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered a high-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its potential impact warrants attention for affected systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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