CVE-2015-3718

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

systemstatsd in the System Stats subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 does not properly interpret data types encountered in interprocess communication, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with systemstatsd privileges via a crafted app, related to a "type confusion" issue.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.10.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75493
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75493
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760

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