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A vulnerability was found in Apple Watch up to 1.0.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component GasGauge. 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 summary by CVE is:
GasGauge in Apple watchOS before 2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5919.
The weakness was shared 09/23/2015 with Apple as HT205213 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5918 since 08/06/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 the kernel. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
Upgrading to version 2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries 78082, 78083, 78089 and 78094 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Watch 2
Timeline
08/06/2015 🔍09/21/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205213
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5918 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033620
Vulnerability Center: 52881 - Apple watchOS <2 Local Code Execution in GasGauge - CVE-2015-5918, High
SecurityFocus: 76805 - Apple watchOS Multiple Local Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/28/2015 10:05Updated: 06/19/2022 11:34
Changes: 09/28/2015 10:05 (57), 06/26/2018 09:03 (10), 06/19/2022 11:34 (3)
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