CVE-2015-6974

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
https://support.apple.com/HT205370Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205378Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
https://support.apple.com/HT205370Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205378Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 23, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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