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TI-2015-01052 Aliases CVE-2015-1157GHSA-r4wc-44ww-v8f2

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-17Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05615 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 10.0.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 12.2VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 10.0.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 12.2 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1157
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4wc-44ww-v8f2

References

Exploit 3

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 4

  • TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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