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CVE-2015-5883

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Published: Oct 9, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

The bidirectional text-display and text-selection implementations in Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.11 interpret directional override formatting characters differently, which allows remote attackers to spoof the content of a text document via a crafted character sequence.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Mac Os X
Apple
1 product
Mac Os X
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mac Os X
Up to 10.10.5

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (8)

Source: product-security@apple.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: product-security@apple.com
Source: product-security@apple.com
Source: product-security@apple.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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