CVE-2015-5872 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5872?

CVE-2015-5872 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 9 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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-2015-5873, and CVE-2015-5890.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5872?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5872?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-5872 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5872 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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