CVE ID | CVE-2015-1140 |
CVSS SCORE | 6.9, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
AFFECTED VENDORS |
Apple |
AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
OS X |
VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
The specific flaw exists within the handling of calls to IOHIDSecurePromptClient. The issue lies in the failure to properly sanitize user-supplied pointers before they are dereferenced. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory. |
ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204659 |
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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CREDIT | Vitaliy Toropov |