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CVE-2015-7072

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7072 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple iOS, tvOS, and watchOS that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. This is achieved by exploiting a flaw in how dyld handles segment validation, specifically through a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/Dec/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205635
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205640
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205641
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1034348