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A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 4.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/29/2018 as HT208696 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4146 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109468 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197120 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Webkit2gtk Vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)).
Upgrading to version 4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (109468). The entries 115296, 115301, 115302 and 115311 are pretty similar.
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 109468
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 53931
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Security Updates(HT208697)-Windows
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Upgrade: watchOS 4.3
Timeline
01/02/2018 🔍03/29/2018 🔍
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03/31/2018 🔍
04/03/2018 🔍
05/01/2018 🔍
02/07/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT208696
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4146 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040604
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Entry
Created: 03/31/2018 19:40Updated: 02/07/2021 08:43
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:40 (67), 01/19/2020 08:19 (12), 02/07/2021 08:43 (4)
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