CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.4.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes 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 released 04/26/2021 by Mickey Jin as HT212317 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-1858. 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 04/30/2021). 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 14.5 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 issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
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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: 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 14.5
Timeline
12/08/2020 🔍04/26/2021 🔍
04/26/2021 🔍
04/27/2021 🔍
04/30/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT212317
Researcher: Mickey Jin
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-1858 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 04/27/2021 08:02Updated: 04/30/2021 11:59
Changes: 04/27/2021 08:02 (19), 04/27/2021 08:06 (28), 04/30/2021 11:59 (4)
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