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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Watch up to 1.0.2 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Disk Images. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Disk Images component in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was disclosed 09/23/2015 by Filippo Bigarella (beist) as HT205213 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5847 since 08/06/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue existed in DiskImages. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86270 (Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86270). The entries 9015, 68413, 74127 and 77828 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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Upgrade: Watch 2
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍09/16/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205213
Researcher: Filippo Bigarella (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5847 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033609
Vulnerability Center: 53116 - Apple watchOS <2 Local Code Execution in Disk Images, High
SecurityFocus: 76764 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/28/2015 10:05Updated: 06/19/2022 11:12
Changes: 09/28/2015 10:05 (66), 02/02/2018 09:08 (6), 06/19/2022 11:05 (3), 06/19/2022 11:12 (1)
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