Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-5883
CVE-2015-5883
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 products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT205267nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703nvd
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