VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5883

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references