CVE-2015-7072

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

dyld in Apple iOS before 9.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 mishandles segment validation, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.1
Apple tvOS: through 9.0
Apple watchOS: through 2.0

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://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034348
https://support.apple.com/HT205635
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
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034348
https://support.apple.com/HT205635

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