CVE-2015-7068 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
IOKit SCSI in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an app that provides an unspecified userclient type.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.17% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-476 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | tvos |
| apple | watchos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple Mac OSX - IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 Userclient Type 12 Kernel NULL Dereference | 2016-01-28 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78719
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
- https://support.apple.com/HT205635
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637
- https://support.apple.com/HT205640
- https://support.apple.com/HT205641
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78719
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
- https://support.apple.com/HT205635
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637
- https://support.apple.com/HT205640
- https://support.apple.com/HT205641
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