Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 IOKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IOKit. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4354. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component IOKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was presented 10/29/2018 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT209193 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4354 since 01/02/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118575 (macOS 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371291 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.1, Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2018-005 Sierra Not Installed (HT209193)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.1 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 (118575). See VDB-126271, VDB-126272, VDB-126273 and VDB-126274 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 118575
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.1

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01/02/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 +300 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209193
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4354 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4354
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126303
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2018 11:47 AM
Updated: 07/23/2024 03:30 PM
Changes: 10/31/2018 11:47 AM (67), 04/08/2020 08:51 PM (10), 07/23/2024 03:30 PM (19)
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