CVE-2015-5829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Data Detectors Engine in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted text file.

Published: 2015-09-18

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

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:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5775	Data Detectors Engine in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted text file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03122.

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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205213

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:04.585Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-5829

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-18T10:59:47.517

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:29:51.433

Link: CVE-2015-5829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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