Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 Browser memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5. This affects an unknown part of the component Browser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-1026. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Browser. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JPEG2000 data in a PDF document.

The weakness was presented 09/12/2013 by Felix Gröbert with Google Security Team as Security Update 2013-004 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1026 since 01/10/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70257 (Apple TV < 6.0 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 121456 (Apple Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.8.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at support.apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70257), SecurityFocus (BID 52107†), OSVDB (97281†) and Secunia (SA54829†). See VDB-4661, VDB-7841, VDB-8303 and VDB-8559 for similar entries. 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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Nessus ID: 70257
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 867681
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-04 October-15
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.8.5

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02/21/2012 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Security Update 2013-004
Researcher: Felix Gröbert
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1026 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1026
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10298

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SecurityFocus: 52107
Secunia: 54829 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97281

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2013 19:43
Updated: 05/24/2021 18:33
Changes: 09/17/2013 19:43 (80), 03/31/2019 18:15 (2), 05/24/2021 18:33 (4)
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