CVE-2015-3798

critical

Description

The TRE library in Libc in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3796 and CVE-2015-3797.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38262/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205030

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=429

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033275

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76343

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-17

Updated: 2016-12-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical