CVE-2015-1137

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The NVIDIA graphics driver in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an unspecified IOService userclient type.

Affected products

macOS: before 10.10.3 — fixed in 10.10.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.10.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048
https://support.apple.com/HT204659

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