CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component libxml2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 11/05/2020 by OSS-Fuzz as HT211929 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-27917. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around 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 maliciously crafted web content may lead to 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:
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
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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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / 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: OSS-Fuzz
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-27917 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 11/06/2020 08:36Updated: 12/02/2020 20:28
Changes: 11/06/2020 08:36 (18), 11/06/2020 08:39 (29), 12/02/2020 20:28 (1)
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