Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 14.6 Measure uninitialized resource

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.6 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Measure. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-908. The software uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was released 07/19/2021 as HT212601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-25014. 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 07/27/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Multiple issues in libwebp

Upgrading to version 14.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 1.2.0.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uninitialized resource
CWE: CWE-908
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 14.7

Timelineinfo

05/04/2021 🔍
07/19/2021 +76 days 🔍
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07/23/2021 +4 days 🔍
07/27/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212601
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-25014 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2021 08:21 AM
Updated: 07/27/2021 06:27 PM
Changes: 07/23/2021 08:21 AM (17), 07/23/2021 08:24 AM (29), 07/27/2021 06:20 PM (3), 07/27/2021 06:27 PM (19)
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