CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 11/05/2020 by Xingwei Lin as HT211929 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-27912. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 11/06/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Upgrading to version 14.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
Product
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Version
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-bounds writeCWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 14.2
Timeline
10/27/2020 🔍11/05/2020 🔍
11/05/2020 🔍
11/06/2020 🔍
12/02/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT211929
Researcher: Xingwei Lin
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-27912 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 11/06/2020 08:19Updated: 12/02/2020 20:02
Changes: 11/06/2020 08:19 (18), 11/06/2020 08:24 (29), 12/02/2020 20:02 (1)
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