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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component WebKit. 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:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1.1, tvOS 12.1.1, watchOS 5.1.2, Safari 12.0.2, iTunes 12.9.2 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.9.
The bug was discovered 12/05/2018. The weakness was released 12/05/2018 by HyungSeok Han, DongHyeon Oh and Sang Kil Cha with KAIST Softsec Lab as HT209340 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4437 since 01/02/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/18/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121206 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2019:0092-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371368 (Apple iTunes for Windows Prior to 12.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT209345)).
Upgrading to version 12.1.1 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 (121206). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 127582, 127563, 127564 and 127565.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 121206
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2019:0092-1)
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Upgrade: iOS 12.1.1
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT209340
Researcher: HyungSeok Han, DongHyeon Oh, Sang Kil Cha
Organization: KAIST Softsec Lab
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2018-4437 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 106691 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 12/06/2018 17:03Updated: 04/18/2020 10:01
Changes: 12/06/2018 17:03 (71), 04/18/2020 10:01 (12)
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