Apple Safari up to 10.1.0 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Safari up to 10.1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2530. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari up to 10.1.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality 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 05/15/2017. The weakness was released 05/15/2017 by Wei Yuan with Baidu as HT207804 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2530 since 12/01/2016. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100256 (Apple TV < 10.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. 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 10.1.1 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 (100256) and SecurityFocus (BID 98455†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-101294, VDB-101254, VDB-101262 and VDB-101263. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 100256
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Code Execution Vulnerability-HT207803 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 10.1.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207804
Researcher: Wei Yuan
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101341
SecurityFocus: 98455 - WebKit CVE-2017-2530 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2530 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038487

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2017 09:16
Updated: 12/24/2020 09:10
Changes: 05/16/2017 09:16 (78), 09/28/2020 08:53 (7), 12/24/2020 09:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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