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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5774. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component IOHIDFamily. 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. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was shared 08/11/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with Google Project Zero as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5774 since 08/06/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
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-56790†). The entries VDB-77102, VDB-77103, VDB-77104 and VDB-77105 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍08/11/2015 🔍
08/11/2015 🔍
08/13/2015 🔍
08/14/2015 🔍
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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-2015-5774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77204
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56790 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Local Code Execution due to a Buffer Overflow in IOHIDFamily - CVE-2015-5774, High
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 14:33Updated: 02/03/2025 04:44
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (57), 08/24/2018 08:55 (21), 02/03/2025 04:44 (17)
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