Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 CoreMedia Playback memory corruption

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component CoreMedia Playback. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5778. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component CoreMedia Playback. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 08/11/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with Google Project Zero as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5778 since 08/06/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/03/2025).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90315 (Apple TV < 7.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123806 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2)).
Upgrading to version 10.10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90315), SecurityFocus (BID 76343†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56753†). See VDB-77102, VDB-77103, VDB-77104 and VDB-77105 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 90315
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍08/11/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205031
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77183
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56753 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote Code Execution or DoS via a Maliciously Crafted Movie File - CVE-2015-5778, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 14:33Updated: 02/03/2025 07:45
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (59), 08/23/2018 08:29 (18), 06/12/2022 06:30 (2), 02/03/2025 07:45 (16)
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