CVE-2015-6985 — Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web page

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Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web page

Published Oct 23, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.87%

Description

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web page.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.87% 0.01870

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

EPSS probability 0.01870

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	1.87% (0.01870)	78.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.87% (0.01870)	76.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.90% (0.00902)	73.58th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.13% (0.02132)	73.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.90% (0.00902)	74.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.78% (0.00775)	82.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.78% (0.00775)	80.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.78% (0.00775)	78.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.59% (0.04587)	88.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.59% (0.04587)	87.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.59% (0.04587)	74.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375		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-2015-6985

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6985

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6985