CVE-2015-5900

medium

Description

The protected range register in the EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 has an incorrect value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (boot failure) via a crafted app that writes to an unintended address.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-10-09

Updated: 2016-12-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium