Apple Safari up to 7.0.5 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. 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.

The weakness was released 08/13/2014 by Security Team with Apple as HT6367 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated with Apple. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1388 since 01/08/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167746 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for webkitgtk (SUSE-SU-2015:0688-1)).

Upgrading to version 6.1.6 or 7.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95271), Tenable (77822), SecurityFocus (BID 69223†), Secunia (SA61318†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030731†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-13330, VDB-67367, VDB-67368 and VDB-67369. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Apple Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
  • Aplpe Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7.5
  • Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5
  • Apple Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800100
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities-02 Aug14 (Mac OS X)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 6.1.6/7.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6367
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67371

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X-Force: 95271 - Apple Safari WebKit code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 69223 - WebKit APPLE-SA-2014-08-13-1 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 61318 - Apple TV Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030731

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 12:25 PM
Updated: 02/10/2022 07:50 PM
Changes: 08/14/2014 12:25 PM (84), 03/08/2019 08:15 PM (7), 02/10/2022 07:50 PM (3)
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