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A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. 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 bug was discovered 02/20/2017. The weakness was released 01/23/2017 with Apple as HT207487 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7589 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.
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 276387 (Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk4 (FEDORA-2017-b015aa1d33)).
Upgrading to version 3.1.3 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). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 94194, 94199, 94200 and 94201.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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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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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: watchOS 3.1.3
Timeline
09/09/2016 🔍12/13/2016 🔍
12/14/2016 🔍
01/23/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207487
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7589 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037459
SecurityFocus: 94908 - Apple iOS/WatchOS/tvOS/Safari/iTunes/iCloud CVE-2016-7589 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7589 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
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Entry
Created: 01/25/2017 11:21Updated: 11/03/2022 14:26
Changes: 01/25/2017 11:21 (78), 07/31/2020 10:34 (6), 11/03/2022 14:26 (4)
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