CVE-2015-5879
N/A
Published: September 18, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
XNU in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly validate the headers of TCP packets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the sequence-number protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (TCP connection disruption) via a crafted header.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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