CVE-2015-5862

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Audio component in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.4.1
macOS: through 10.10.5
Apple watchOS: 1.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205213
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764

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