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CVE-2015-6979

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% 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

GasGauge in Apple iOS before 9.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 9.0.2
• Apple watchOS: through 2.0

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77268
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
• https://support.apple.com/HT205370
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77268
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
• https://support.apple.com/HT205370
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641

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