CVE-2015-6975 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6975?

CVE-2015-6975 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 23 Oct 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 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6992 and CVE-2015-7017.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6975?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2015-6975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6975 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-2015-6975 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6975 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
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