CVE-2015-5747 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the macOS kernel via the fasttrap driver, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-5747?

CVE-2015-5747 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 16 Aug 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The fasttrap driver in the kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-5747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j6c5-27hc-p2c4.

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