CVE-2015-5938

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

ImageIO in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted metadata in an image.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.11.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
https://support.apple.com/HT205375

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