CVE-2015-5840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The checkint division routines in removefile in Apple iOS before 9 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow fault and app crash) via crafted data.

Published: 2015-09-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5786	The checkint division routines in removefile in Apple iOS before 9 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow fault and app crash) via crafted data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00915.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205213
https://support.apple.com/HT205267

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2015-09-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:33.929Z

Reserved: 2015-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5840

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-18T10:59:54.783

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5840

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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