Apple iOS up to 10.3.0 Wi-Fi memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.3.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Wi-Fi. 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 04/03/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/03/2017 by Gal Beniamini with Google Project Zero as HT207688 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6975 since 03/17/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip

Upgrading to version 10.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Additional details are provided at seclists.org. The entry 134969 is pretty similar.

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

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Upgrade: iOS 10.3.1

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207688
Researcher: Gal Beniamini
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6975 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038172
SecurityFocus: 97328 - Apple iOS CVE-2017-6975 Arbitray Code Execution Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 04/04/2017 11:18
Updated: 11/27/2022 07:02
Changes: 04/04/2017 11:18 (77), 10/25/2019 20:49 (3), 11/27/2022 07:02 (4)
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