CVE-2015-5914 (GCVE-0-2015-5914)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-10-09 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting an Apple Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka a "Thunderstrike" issue. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4498.
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