Apple iCloud up to 6.0 on Windows WebKit State memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iCloud up to 6.0 on Windows (Cloud Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (State). 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 weakness was released 12/13/2016 with Apple as HT207424 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7589. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276387 (Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk4 (FEDORA-2017-b015aa1d33)).

Upgrading to version 6.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 94216, 94221, 94222 and 94220.

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Name: State
Class: Memory corruption / State
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iCloud 6.1

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09/09/2016 🔍
12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
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12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/07/2022 +2123 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207424
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7589 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037459
SecurityFocus: 94908

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 13:31
Updated: 10/07/2022 15:08
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:31 (47), 04/28/2019 19:22 (4), 10/07/2022 15:04 (4), 10/07/2022 15:08 (18)
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