Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-7039. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1 (Digital Media Player). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block 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 07/19/2017. The weakness was released 07/19/2017 by Ivan Fratric (lokihardt) with Google Project Zero as HT207924 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7039 since 03/17/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104428 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2017:2933-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370477 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.6.2 Multiple Memory Currption Vulnerabilities. (APPLE-SA-2017-07-19-6)).

Upgrading to version 10.2.2 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 Exploit-DB (42362), Tenable (104428) and SecurityFocus (BID 99885†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-104146, VDB-104143, VDB-104145 and VDB-104140. 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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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 104428
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2017:2933-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207921 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.2.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207924
Researcher: Ivan Fratric (lokihardt)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104186
SecurityFocus: 99885 - WebKit Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038950

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

Created: 07/20/2017 15:22
Updated: 05/11/2025 23:37
Changes: 07/20/2017 15:22 (80), 10/30/2019 08:28 (9), 01/05/2021 07:11 (3), 05/11/2025 23:37 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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