CVE-2015-7068

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

IOKit SCSI in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an app that provides an unspecified userclient type.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 9.2 — fixed in 9.2
macOS: before 10.11.2 — fixed in 10.11.2
Apple tvOS: before 9.1 — fixed in 9.1
Apple watchOS: before 2.1 — fixed in 2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 9.2; macOS 10.11.2; Apple tvOS 9.1; Apple watchOS 2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78719
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
https://support.apple.com/HT205635
https://support.apple.com/HT205637
https://support.apple.com/HT205640
https://support.apple.com/HT205641
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html

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