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A vulnerability was found in Apple Watch up to 1.0.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component IOKit. 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:
IOKit in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5844 and CVE-2015-5845.
The weakness was presented 09/23/2015 by Filippo Bigarella (beist) as HT205213 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5846 since 08/06/2015. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/19/2022). The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue existed in the kernel. This issue was 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.
See 9015, 68413, 77828 and 77762 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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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 🔍09/16/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT205213
Researcher: Filippo Bigarella (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5846 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033609
Vulnerability Center: 52890 - Apple watchOS <2 Remote Code Execution in IOKit - CVE-2015-5846, Critical
SecurityFocus: 76764 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/28/2015 10:06Updated: 06/19/2022 12:49
Changes: 09/28/2015 10:06 (56), 01/03/2018 09:48 (12), 06/19/2022 12:49 (2)
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