CVE-2015-5882: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The processor_set_tasks API implementation in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to bypass an entitlement protection mechanism and obtain access to the task ports of arbitrary processes by leveraging root privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 8.4.1
• 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.