Apple iTunes up to 10.4.0 CoreFoundation memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 10.4.0 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component CoreFoundation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

CoreFoundation, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.5, does not properly perform string tokenization, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 10/12/2011 with Apple (Website). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0259 since 12/23/2010. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/23/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56469 (Apple iTunes < 10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119638 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70493) and Tenable (56469). Similar entries are available at 4427, 4441, 55623 and 55622.

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

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Nessus ID: 56469
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 802193
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct 11
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 10.4.1

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10/11/2011 +292 days 🔍
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11/10/2011 +29 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1229 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Organization: Apple
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0259 (🔍)
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X-Force: 70493
Vulnerability Center: 33803 - CoreFoundation in Apple iTunes < 10.5 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 50067 - Apple Mac OS X CoreFoundation (CVE-2011-0259) Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/23/2021 18:17
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 04/05/2017 08:58 (11), 11/23/2021 18:17 (2)
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