Apple tvOS up to 10.2.0 CoreFoundation memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component CoreFoundation. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2522. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.0 (Digital Media Player). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component CoreFoundation. 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreFoundation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted data.

The bug was discovered 05/19/2017. The weakness was released 05/22/2017 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2522 since 12/01/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 10.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (42049) and SecurityFocus (BID 98588†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-101255, VDB-101256, VDB-101257 and VDB-101258. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.2.1

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12/01/2016 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2522 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2522
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101576
SecurityFocus: 98588 - Apple iOS/macOS/WatchOS/tvOS CVE-2017-2522 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2522 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2017 17:07
Updated: 02/06/2025 05:03
Changes: 05/22/2017 17:07 (61), 10/01/2020 11:47 (12), 02/06/2025 05:03 (18)
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