Apple iOS up to 12.1.4 WebKit use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.4 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2019. The weakness was presented 03/25/2019 with Apple as HT209599 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8556 since 02/18/2019. 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 08/07/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371711 (Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT209603)).

Upgrading to version 12.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See 132233, 132234, 132235 and 132236 for similar entries.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 12.2

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02/18/2019 🔍
03/25/2019 +35 days 🔍
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03/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/07/2023 +1595 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT209599
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8556 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 03/26/2019 14:47
Updated: 08/07/2023 14:57
Changes: 03/26/2019 14:47 (64), 05/20/2020 14:39 (3), 08/07/2023 14:57 (4)
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