Apple iOS/iPadOS File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to heap corruption.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-44218 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/28/2024).

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/20/2024 CVE reserved
10/28/2024 +69 days Advisory disclosed
10/28/2024 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/28/2024 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-44218 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

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Created: 10/28/2024 10:45 PM
Changes: 10/28/2024 10:45 PM (55)
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Cache ID: 34:FDE:40

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