Apple tvOS FontParser out-of-bounds read

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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS (Digital Media Player) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component FontParser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was presented 12/14/2020 by Mickey Jin and Junzhi Lu as confirmed advisory (Website). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9956 since 03/02/2020. 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.

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

Productinfoedit

Type

Digital Media Player

Vendor

Apple

Name

tvOS

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-125
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfoedit

03/02/2020 CVE assigned
12/14/2020 +287 days Advisory disclosed
12/14/2020 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
04/03/2021 +110 days VulDB entry created
04/08/2021 +5 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfoedit

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

Researcher: Mickey Jin/Junzhi Lu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9956 (🔒)

Entryinfoedit

Created: 04/03/2021 11:09 AM
Updated: 04/08/2021 04:17 PM
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