CVE-2015-5900 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple OS X before version 10.11, stemming from an incorrect protected range register value in the EFI component. An attacker could exploit this by crafting an application to write to an unintended memory address, leading to boot failure. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially causing a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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