7.2
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-5847
Apple iOS Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Disk Images
Description

The Disk Images component in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2015, 11 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5847 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple watchos
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2015-5847 vulnerability.
Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.11 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-5847 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5847 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

simple poc for cve-2015-5932 / cve-2015-5847 / cve-2015-5864

Objective-C C

Updated: 9 years, 6 months ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2015, 8:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-5847 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5847 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205212
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205213
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205267
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205213 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205213 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205267 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205267
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205213
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205212 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205212 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.07%

score

0.22852

percentile