CVE-2015-6982 — WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-1

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WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-1

Published Oct 23, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.17%

Description

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-1.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.17% 0.02169

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

EPSS probability 0.02169

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	2.17% (0.02169)	81.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.17% (0.02169)	79.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.08% (0.01081)	76.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.86% (0.00863)	83.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 29, 2024	1.22% (0.01220)	85.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 22, 2023	0.86% (0.00863)	80.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.84% (0.00843)	79.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.40% (0.02404)	81.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.40% (0.02404)	79.78th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.40% (0.02404)	58.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205370
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205370		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 23, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6982

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6982

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6982