VDB-135812 · CVE-2019-6237 · HT210124

Apple iTunes up to 12.9.4 on Windows WebKit memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iTunes up to 12.9.4 on Windows (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2019. The weakness was disclosed 05/28/2019 by G. Geshev with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT210124 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6237 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371712 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2)).

Upgrading to version 12.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 119252, 132233, 132234 and 132235 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

Apple

Name

iTunes

Version

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.9.5

Timelineinfo

06/07/2018 🔍
01/11/2019 +218 days 🔍
05/13/2019 +122 days 🔍
05/28/2019 +15 days 🔍
05/28/2019 +0 days 🔍
06/02/2019 +5 days 🔍
09/26/2023 +1577 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210124
Researcher: G. Geshev
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-6237 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 104423 - Perl CVE-2018-12015 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2019 18:19
Updated: 09/26/2023 07:41
Changes: 06/02/2019 18:19 (68), 06/18/2020 12:00 (5), 09/26/2023 07:41 (4)
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