ID

VAR-201508-0110


CVE

CVE-2015-5755


TITLE

Apple iOS and OS X of CoreText Vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245

DESCRIPTION

CoreText in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5761. Attackers can exploit these issues to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code with system privileges, perform unauthorized actions, bypass security restrictions, cause denial-of-service conditions, and perform other attacks. Versions prior to iOS 8.4.1 and OS X 10.10.5 are vulnerable. in the United States. CoreText is one of the text engines that can control text formatting and text layout

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sources: NVD: CVE-2015-5755 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // BID: 76343 // VULHUB: VHN-83716

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:applemodel:mac os xscope:lteversion:10.10.4

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vendor:applemodel:iphone osscope:lteversion:8.4

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:lteversion:12.2

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vendor:applemodel:mac os xscope:eqversion:10.10 to 10.10.4

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:ltversion:8.4.1 (ipad 2 or later )

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:ltversion:8.4.1 (iphone 4s or later )

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:ltversion:8.4.1 (ipod touch first 5 after generation )

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:ltversion:12.3 (windows 7 or later )

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:12.2

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vendor:applemodel:iphone osscope:eqversion:8.4

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vendor:applemodel:mac os xscope:eqversion:10.10.4

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vendor:applemodel:keynotescope:eqversion:2.0.2

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vendor:applemodel:keynotescope:eqversion:2.0.1

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vendor:applemodel:keynotescope:eqversion:2.0

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10.5.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:9.0.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:9.0.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:9.0

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:7.3.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:7.3

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:7.0.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:6.0.5

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:6.0.4

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:6.0.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:6.0

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:5.0

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:4.8

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:4.7.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:4.6

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:4.5

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:4.2.72

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:9.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:9.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:8.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:8.1

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:8.0.2.20

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:7.4

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10.6

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10.5

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10.2.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10.2

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vendor:applemodel:itunesscope:eqversion:10

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vendor:applemodel:ipod touchscope:eqversion:0

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vendor:applemodel:iphonescope:eqversion:0

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vendor:applemodel:ipadscope:eqversion:0

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.0.2

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.0.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:3.2.2

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:3.2.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:5.1.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:5.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:5.0.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:5

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3.5

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3.4

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3.3

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3.2

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.3

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.9

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.8

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.7

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.6

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.5

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2.10

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.2

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:4

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:3.2

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:3.1

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vendor:applemodel:iosscope:eqversion:3.0

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:5.0

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:4.4

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:4.3

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:4.2

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:4.1

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vendor:applemodel:tvscope:eqversion:4.0

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sources: BID: 76343 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309 // NVD: CVE-2015-5755

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2015-5755
value: MEDIUM

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NVD: CVE-2015-5755
value: MEDIUM

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CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309
value: MEDIUM

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VULHUB: VHN-83716
value: MEDIUM

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nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2015-5755
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 6.8
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: PARTIAL
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 6.4
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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VULHUB: VHN-83716
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 6.8
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: PARTIAL
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 6.4
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-83716 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309 // NVD: CVE-2015-5755

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:CWE-119

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-83716 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // NVD: CVE-2015-5755

THREAT TYPE

remote

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309

TYPE

buffer overflow

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309

CONFIGURATIONS

sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245

PATCH

title:Apple security updatesurl:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

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title:APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3 iTunes 12.3url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html

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title:APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-3 iOS 8.4.1url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html

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title:APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

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title:HT205221url:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205221

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title:HT205030url:http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205030

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title:HT205031url:http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205031

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title:HT205221url:http://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT205221

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title:HT205030url:http://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT205030

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title:HT205031url:http://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT205031

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245

EXTERNAL IDS

db:NVDid:CVE-2015-5755

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db:BIDid:76343

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db:SECTRACKid:1033275

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db:JVNid:JVNVU94440136

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db:JVNid:JVNVU99970459

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db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2015-004245

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db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201508-309

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db:VULHUBid:VHN-83716

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-83716 // BID: 76343 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309 // NVD: CVE-2015-5755

REFERENCES

url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/aug/msg00001.html

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url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/aug/msg00002.html

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url:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343

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url:https://support.apple.com/kb/ht205030

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url:https://support.apple.com/kb/ht205031

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url:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/sep/msg00003.html

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url:https://support.apple.com/ht205221

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url:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275

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url:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2015-5755

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url:http://jvn.jp/vu/jvnvu94440136/index.html

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url:http://jvn.jp/vu/jvnvu99970459/index.html

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url:http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnid=cve-2015-5755

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url:http://www.apple.com/ios/

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url:http://www.apple.com/ipad/

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url:http://www.apple.com/iphone/

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url:http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/

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url:http://www.apple.com/macosx/

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url:https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht205221

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-83716 // BID: 76343 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-004245 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309 // NVD: CVE-2015-5755

CREDITS

Apple, TaiG Jailbreak Team, Michal Zalewski, John Villamil (@day6reak) from Yahoo Pentest Team, Ilja van Sprundel, Ian Beer of Google Project Zero, Frank Graziano of the Yahoo Pentest Team, Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360, Mathew Rowley, Bruno Morisson of INTEGRIT S.A.

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201508-309

SOURCES

db:VULHUBid:VHN-83716
db:BIDid:76343
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2015-004245
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201508-309
db:NVDid:CVE-2015-5755

LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-13T19:41:39.224000+00:00


SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-83716date:2016-12-24T00:00:00
db:BIDid:76343date:2016-07-06T13:27:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2015-004245date:2015-10-05T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201508-309date:2015-08-21T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2015-5755date:2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-83716date:2015-08-17T00:00:00
db:BIDid:76343date:2015-08-13T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2015-004245date:2015-08-21T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201508-309date:2015-08-18T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2015-5755date:2015-08-17T00:00:36.627