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FKIE_CVE-2015-5883

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-10-09 05:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:29
Severity
Summary
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.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x *
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