THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-6988
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-6988

Iphone Os vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 does not initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an unknown network-connectivity requirement.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Iphone Os
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2015-10-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-6988

  • Confirm whether Apple Iphone Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-6988.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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