Medium 5.0Published Sep 18, 2015

CVE-2015-5840The checkint division routines in removefile in Apple iOS before 9 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow fault and app crash) via crafted data.

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The checkint division routines in removefile in Apple iOS before 9 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow fault and app crash) via crafted data.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	through 10.10.5	NVD
apple watchos apple:watchos	1.0	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	through 8.4.1	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76764
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205213	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	vendor-advisory

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