CVE-2015-7987

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7987
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-26 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-19 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allow remote attackers to read or write to out-of-bounds memory locations via vectors involving the (1) GetValueForIPv4Addr, (2) GetValueForMACAddr, (3) rfc3110_import, or (4) CopyNSEC3ResourceRecord function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Apple Airport Base Station All All All All
Hardware Apple Airport Base Station All All All All
Operating System Apple Airport Base Station Firmware All All All All
Operating System Apple Airport Base Station Firmware All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Apple Mdnsresponder All All All All
Application Apple Mdnsresponder All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple macOS mDNSResponder Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
mDNSResponder CVE-2015-7987 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Vulnerability Note VU#143335 - mDNSResponder contains multiple memory-based vulnerabilities CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Security update for mDNSResponder - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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