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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component IOHIDFamily. 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 shared 05/16/2016 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT206568 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1823 since 01/13/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91228 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c.
Upgrading to version 9.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91228) and Exploit-DB (39927). The entries 87425, 87434, 87435 and 87436 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 91228
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November-2016
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3.2
Timeline
01/13/2016 🔍05/16/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206568
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1823 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035890
SecurityFocus: 90698 - Apple tvOS/Mac OS X/iOS CVE-2016-1823 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 05/18/2016 12:18Updated: 08/21/2022 09:06
Changes: 05/18/2016 12:18 (75), 12/01/2018 23:51 (16), 08/21/2022 09:06 (5)
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