{"id":"CVE-2015-7988","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-7988","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:25.612Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2016-06-26T01:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:33:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/iphone os","apple/mac os x","apple/watchos","apple/airport base station firmware","apple/mdnsresponder"],"epss":{"score":0.04821,"percentile":0.91915,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143335","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036181","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206846","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143335","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036181","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206846","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7988","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}