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A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component WebKit. 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 bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 by Boris Zbarsky with Zero Day Initiative as HT207427 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4743 since 05/11/2016. 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:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95825 (Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370265 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT207427)).
Upgrading to version 12.5.4 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 (95825). The entries 94194, 94199, 94200 and 94201 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 95825
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb17 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.5.4
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍12/13/2016 🔍
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12/14/2016 🔍
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12/14/2016 🔍
02/20/2017 🔍
10/06/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207427
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4743 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037459
SecurityFocus: 94907 - Apple Safari/Cloud/iTunes/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 12:12Updated: 10/06/2022 12:28
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:12 (73), 07/06/2019 09:11 (11), 10/06/2022 12:28 (4)
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