CVE-2015-7043 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on Apple devices by installing a crafted application, affecting iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS kernels.
- 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-2015-7043?
CVE-2015-7043 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 11 Dec 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 kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7040, CVE-2015-7041, and CVE-2015-7042.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7043?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos.
How do I fix CVE-2015-7043?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7043 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-2015-7043 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7043 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgpg-g395-gjwj.