CVE-2015-7987

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

26/06/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allow remote attackers to read or write to out-of-bounds memory locations via vectors involving the (1) GetValueForIPv4Addr, (2) GetValueForMACAddr, (3) rfc3110_import, or (4) CopyNSEC3ResourceRecord function.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	9.0 (including)	9.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	10.9 (including)	10.9.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	10.10.0 (including)	10.10.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	10.11.0 (including)	10.11.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::		2.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:airport_base_station_firmware::::::::	7.6 (including)	7.6.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:airport_base_station_firmware::::::::	7.7 (including)	7.7.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:apple:airport_base_station::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:apple:mdnsresponder::::::::		625.41.2 (excluding)

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CVE-2015-7987

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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