CVE-2015-6992 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's CoreText component, affecting iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1. 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 highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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