CVE-2015-5883 — The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.11 interpret directional override formatting characters differently, which allows remote attackers to spoof the content of a text document via a crafted character sequence

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The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.11 interpret directional override formatting characters differently, which allows remote attackers to spoof the content of a text document via a crafted character sequence

Published Oct 9, 2015

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.94%

Description

The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.11 interpret directional override formatting characters differently, which allows remote attackers to spoof the content of a text document via a crafted character sequence.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.94% 0.01945

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

EPSS probability 0.01945

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.94% (0.01945)	79.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.94% (0.01945)	77.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.42% (0.00423)	59.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00376)	73.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.38% (0.00376)	72.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.38% (0.00376)	68.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205267		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 9, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 6, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5883

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5883

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5883