CVE-2015-5874 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5874?

CVE-2015-5874 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 18 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5874?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Itunes, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5874 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-2015-5874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

• CVE-2021-30666 Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30761 Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mq7f-556v-c3v9.