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CVE-2015-6988

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6988 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1, where the kernel fails to initialize an unspecified data structure. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. Despite its high severity and potential for remote exploitation with low attack complexity, there is no public exploit code available, and it is not currently listed as being actively exploited. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0550 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/Oct/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205370
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205375
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/77263
securitytracker.com / id/1033929