CVE-2015-5874: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Affected products

  • Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.4.1
  • Apple iTunes: up to and including 12.2
  • Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.5
  • Apple watchOS: version 1.0 only

Published 2015-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.