CVE-2015-6996 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's IOAcceleratorFamily affecting iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1. A crafted application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The CVSS score of 6.8 indicates a medium severity, with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or a Metasploit module, an ExploitDB entry exists for a NULL dereference, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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