Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 IOFireWireAVC memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component IOFireWireAVC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The software 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 03/27/2017. The weakness was published 03/27/2017 by Brandon Azad with Apple as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2436 since 12/01/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 10.12.4 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 (99134). Similar entries are available at 93752, 94628, 95275 and 98727.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207615
Researcher: Brandon Azad
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2436 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038138
SecurityFocus: 97140 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2436 - Apple - macOS - Memory Corruption Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 03/28/2017 11:11 AM
Updated: 11/20/2022 08:12 AM
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:11 AM (76), 08/21/2020 09:42 AM (8), 11/20/2022 08:07 AM (4), 11/20/2022 08:12 AM (1)
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