CVE-2015-1061

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

IOSurface in Apple iOS before 8.2, Apple OS X through 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that leverages "type confusion" during serialized-object handling.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.1.3
macOS: through 10.10.2
Apple tvOS: through 7.0.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73004
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031864
https://support.apple.com/HT204413
https://support.apple.com/HT204423
https://support.apple.com/HT204426
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204563
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00002.html

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