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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 12/14/2020 by XingWei Lin as HT212011 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-29617. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption
Upgrading to version 11.1 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 read was addressed with improved input validation.
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 11.1
Timeline
12/08/2020 🔍12/14/2020 🔍
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12/17/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT212011
Researcher: XingWei Lin
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-29617 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 12/15/2020 14:54Updated: 12/17/2020 20:24
Changes: 12/15/2020 14:54 (19), 12/15/2020 14:57 (28), 12/17/2020 20:24 (4)
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