CVE-2015-5869

macOS < 10.10.5 and iOS < 8.4.1 - Neighbor Discovery Hop-Limit Manipulation via Router Advertisement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205213
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 55.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
apple/iphone_os < 8.4.1
apple/mac_os_x < 10.10.5
apple/watchos 1.0
Published Sep 18, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026