CVE-2015-5900

Published Oct 9, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: The protected range register in the EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 has an incorrect value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (boot failure) via a crafted app that writes to an unintended address.
Source: product-security@apple.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.1
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-254

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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            "matchCriteriaId": "0C5FF5EF-B5D2-4BFE-8C0E-DF1F99F3989D",
            "versionEndIncluding": "10.10.5"
          }
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        "operator": "OR"
      }
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]

References