CVE-2015-5755

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5761.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.4
Apple iTunes for Windows: through 12.2
macOS: through 10.10.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275
https://support.apple.com/HT205221
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343

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