CVE-2015-7988

9.8 criticalEPSS 4.8%

Critical (9.8) in apple. EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The handle_regservice_request function in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-06-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:airport_base_station_firmware
apple:iphone_os
apple:mac_os_x
apple:mdnsresponder
apple:watchos

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143335
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036181
https://support.apple.com/HT206846
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143335

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