CVE-2015-5779 — QuickTime 7 in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3765, CVE-2015-3779, CVE-2015-3788, CVE-2015-3789, CVE-2015-3790, CVE-2015-3791, CVE-2015-3792, CVE-2015-5751, and CVE-2015-5753

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HIGH

QuickTime 7 in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3765, CVE-2015-3779, CVE-2015-3788, CVE-2015-3789, CVE-2015-3790, CVE-2015-3791, CVE-2015-3792, CVE-2015-5751, and CVE-2015-5753

Published Aug 16, 2015

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.59%

Description

QuickTime 7 in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3765, CVE-2015-3779, CVE-2015-3788, CVE-2015-3789, CVE-2015-3790, CVE-2015-3791, CVE-2015-3792, CVE-2015-5751, and CVE-2015-5753.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.59% 0.03587

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

EPSS probability 0.03587

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.59% (0.03587)	89.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.59% (0.03587)	87.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.89% (0.01894)	81.58th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.22% (0.03222)	78.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.89% (0.01894)	82.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 20, 2024	6.05% (0.06050)	93.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 15, 2023	4.54% (0.04539)	91.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.44% (0.04441)	91.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.90% (0.05896)	90.51th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.90% (0.05896)	89.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.90% (0.05896)	77.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (6)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00004.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76340
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033276
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205046
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00004.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76340		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033276		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205046		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Aug 16, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 6, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5779

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5779

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5779