Input validation error in macOS - CVE-2015-1137
Published: April 10, 2015 / Updated: July 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31778
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1137
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows local users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an unspecified IOService userclient type.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1137
Update to version 10.10.3.