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CVE-2015-5883

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.94%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-10-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2015-5883
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.94%

Original NVD 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.