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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2015-5831

Medium
5/10

Summary

NetworkExtension in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 does not properly initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive memory-layout information via a crafted app.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published