PT-2015-1803
CVE-2015-5776
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Published
2015-08-13
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Updated
2016-12-24
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1
Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, by leveraging the use of an AF INET6 socket. This is caused by a buffer overflow in the Libinfo library.
Recommendations
For Apple iOS versions prior to 8.4.1, update to version 8.4.1 or later to resolve the issue.
For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5, update to version 10.10.5 or later to resolve the issue.
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