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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.2. This affects an unknown part of the component WebRTC. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6211. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebRTC. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2019. The weakness was shared 01/22/2019 by Georgi Geshev as HT209443 as confirmed advisory (Website) via Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6211 since 01/11/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/23/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121393 (macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371589 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.3, Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-001 Sierra Not Installed (HT209446)).

Upgrading to version 12.1.3 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 (121393). The entries VDB-128295, VDB-130004, VDB-130005 and VDB-130006 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS

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• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2

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• commercial

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