The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7041, CVE-2015-7042, and CVE-2015-7043.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• https://support.apple.com/HT205635 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1034344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 78719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205640 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-7040](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-7040.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-7040)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:36 UTC.