Apple iOS up to 10.3.1 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.3.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2538. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.3.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 05/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/15/2017 by Richard Zhu (lokihardt) with Zero Day Initiative as HT207798 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2538 since 12/01/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/23/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101991 (Fedora 24 : webkitgtk4 (2017-37f68e3534)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371242 (Apple Safari 10.1.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-05-15-7)).

Upgrading to version 10.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101991) and SecurityFocus (BID 98474†). The entries VDB-101294, VDB-101254, VDB-101255 and VDB-101256 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 101991
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : webkitgtk4 (2017-37f68e3534)
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OpenVAS ID: 802925
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207804
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10.3.2

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12/01/2016 🔍
05/10/2017 +160 days 🔍
05/15/2017 +5 days 🔍
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05/16/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/22/2017 +6 days 🔍
07/27/2017 +66 days 🔍
12/23/2020 +1245 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207798
Researcher: Richard Zhu (lokihardt)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101282
SecurityFocus: 98474 - Apple iOS and Safari Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2538 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038487

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2017 04:22
Updated: 12/23/2020 17:31
Changes: 05/16/2017 04:22 (71), 09/27/2020 09:37 (17), 12/23/2020 17:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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