CVE-2015-7081

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

iBooks in Apple iOS before 9.2 and OS X before 10.11.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an iBooks file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.1
macOS: through 10.11.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
https://support.apple.com/HT205635
https://support.apple.com/HT205637
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
https://support.apple.com/HT205635
https://support.apple.com/HT205637

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