CVE-2015-3762

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Text Formats component in Apple OS X before 10.10.5, as used in TextEdit, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a text file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.10.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76340
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033276
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76340
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033276
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

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