Apple iOS up to 10.3.2 iBooks input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple iOS up to 10.3.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component iBooks. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-7072. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.3.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component iBooks. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2017. The weakness was presented 09/20/2017 by J?drzej Krysztofiak as HT208112 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7072 since 03/17/2017. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/14/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 11.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100892†). See VDB-102678, VDB-107049, VDB-107050 and VDB-107051 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 11.0

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03/17/2017 🔍
09/19/2017 +186 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208112
Researcher: J?drzej Krysztofiak
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107053
SecurityFocus: 100892 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2017-09-19-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039385

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

Created: 09/25/2017 09:23
Updated: 01/14/2021 09:15
Changes: 09/25/2017 09:23 (69), 11/19/2019 08:40 (5), 01/14/2021 09:15 (3)
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