CVE-2015-5900 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a boot failure denial of service by exploiting an incorrect protected range register in the EFI component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-5900?
CVE-2015-5900 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 9 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The protected range register in the EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 has an incorrect value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (boot failure) via a crafted app that writes to an unintended address.
Weakness: CWE-254
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5900 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-2015-5900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5900 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-crxc-w26p-x8g8.