CVE-2015-3686

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 8.4 and OS X before 10.10.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted text file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3685, CVE-2015-3687, CVE-2015-3688, and CVE-2015-3689.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.3
Apple iTunes for Windows: through 12.2
macOS: through 10.10.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
https://support.apple.com/HT205221
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941

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