CVE-2015-7988

N/A
Published: June 26, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSwatchOS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

The handle_regservice_request function in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.6 ≤ v < 7.6.77.7 ≤ v < 7.7.7
Affected range stops below 7.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.7.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-airport-base-station (same device)
9.0 ≤ v < 9.1
Affected range stops below 9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
10.10.0 ≤ v < 10.10.510.11.0 ≤ v < 10.11.110.9 ≤ v < 10.9.5
Affected range stops below 10.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 625.41.2
Affected range stops below 625.41.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.1
Affected range stops below 2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143335
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036181
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206846

CVSS

Confidentiality
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Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
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