CVE-2015-3718 — systemstatsd in the System Stats subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 does not properly interpret data types encountered in interprocess communication, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with systemstatsd privileges via a crafted app, related to a "type confusion" issue

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systemstatsd in the System Stats subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 does not properly interpret data types encountered in interprocess communication, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with systemstatsd privileges via a crafted app, related to a "type confusion" issue

Published Jul 3, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.26%

Description

systemstatsd in the System Stats subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.4 does not properly interpret data types encountered in interprocess communication, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with systemstatsd privileges via a crafted app, related to a "type confusion" issue.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.26% 0.02261

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02261

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.26% (0.02261)	82.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.26% (0.02261)	80.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.31% (0.01313)	78.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.60% (0.00602)	79.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.56% (0.00563)	77.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.56% (0.00563)	74.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.15% (0.02147)	80.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.15% (0.02147)	78.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.15% (0.02147)	56.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75493
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75493		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Jul 3, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-3718

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3718

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3718