Apple Safari up to 10.1.2 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Safari up to 10.1.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7096. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 10.1.2 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality 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 09/12/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/25/2017 by Wei Yuan with Baidu as HT208116 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7096 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108703 (FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370577 (Apple iTunes for Windows Prior to 12.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities. (HT208141)).

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 databases at Tenable (108703) and SecurityFocus (BID 101006†). The entries VDB-102678, VDB-107049, VDB-107050 and VDB-107051 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 108703
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Security Updates(HT208142)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 11.0

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03/17/2017 🔍
09/12/2017 +179 days 🔍
09/25/2017 +12 days 🔍
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10/22/2017 +27 days 🔍
10/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +157 days 🔍
01/19/2021 +1027 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208116
Researcher: Wei Yuan
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7096 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108452
SecurityFocus: 101006
SecurityTracker: 1039384

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2017 11:32
Updated: 01/19/2021 20:57
Changes: 10/23/2017 11:32 (69), 11/29/2019 14:54 (13), 01/19/2021 20:53 (3), 01/19/2021 20:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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