VDB-78322 · CVE-2015-5873 · BID 76910

Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 IOGraphics memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component IOGraphics. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-5873. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component IOGraphics. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IOGraphics in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5871, CVE-2015-5872, and CVE-2015-5890.

The weakness was disclosed 10/09/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with IOActive (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-5873 since 08/06/2015. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370192 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 76910†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53171†). The entries VDB-67455, VDB-78301, VDB-78310 and VDB-78311 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 October-15
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11

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08/06/2015 🔍
09/30/2015 +55 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: IOActive
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78322
SecurityFocus: 76910 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033703
Vulnerability Center: 53171 - Apple MacOS X before 10.11 Local Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-5873, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2015 10:30
Updated: 11/21/2024 15:35
Changes: 10/12/2015 10:30 (57), 02/02/2018 09:35 (10), 06/20/2022 13:27 (3), 11/21/2024 15:35 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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