A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.5.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Model I/O. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 by Holger Fuhrmannek with Deutsche Telekom Security as HT211288 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9878. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 13.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See 158577, 158578, 158579 and 158580 for similar entries.

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