PT-2015-2274

CVE-2015-5865

Published

2015-10-09

Updated

2016-12-09

Description by

CVSS 2.0

4.3

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11

Description The issue is related to the IOGraphics component in Apple OS X, which lacks protection of internal data. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via a crafted app. Exploitation of the issue may enable a remote attacker to access protected information in kernel memory using a specially formed application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.11, update to version 10.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Luca Todesco

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related identifiers

CVE-2015-5865