CVE-2015-7008 — FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6976, CVE-2015-6977, CVE-2015-6978, CVE-2015-6990, CVE-2015-6991, CVE-2015-6993, CVE-2015-7009, CVE-2015-7010, and CVE-2015-7018

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FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6976, CVE-2015-6977, CVE-2015-6978, CVE-2015-6990, CVE-2015-6991, CVE-2015-6993, CVE-2015-7009, CVE-2015-7010, and CVE-2015-7018

Published Oct 23, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.12%

Description

FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6976, CVE-2015-6977, CVE-2015-6978, CVE-2015-6990, CVE-2015-6991, CVE-2015-6993, CVE-2015-7009, CVE-2015-7010, and CVE-2015-7018.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.12% 0.03119

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

EPSS probability 0.03119

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.12% (0.03119)	87.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.12% (0.03119)	86.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.31% (0.01313)	78.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Feb 26, 2025	3.78% (0.03780)	91.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	2.00% (0.02004)	89.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 29, 2024	2.01% (0.02012)	88.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 22, 2023	2.00% (0.02004)	87.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 10, 2023	1.96% (0.01959)	87.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.81% (0.01807)	86.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.40% (0.03397)	84.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.40% (0.03397)	82.84th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.40% (0.03397)	65.94th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (6)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77263
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205370
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77263		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205370		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor 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-2015-7008

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-7008

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-7008