Apple Safari up to 3.1.2 CoreGraphics memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CoreGraphics. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreGraphics in Apple Safari before 3.2 on Windows, in iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and in iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted image, related to improper handling of color spaces.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2008. The weakness was published 11/17/2008 by Nitesh Dhanjani with Microsoft (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3623 since 08/12/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35111 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116046 (Apple Safari Prior to 3.2.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2008-11-13)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46595) and Tenable (35111). Similar entries are available at 1816, 41728, 43202 and 43189.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 35111
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nitesh Dhanjani
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3623 (🔍)
X-Force: 46595
SecurityTracker: 1021225
Vulnerability Center: 20024 - Apple Safari < 3.2 CoreGraphics Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS and Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32291 - Apple Safari Prior to 3.2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32706 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49939 - CVE-2008-3623 - Apple - Safari - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-3444

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 06:33
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (87), 08/21/2019 06:33 (5)
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