Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 IOSerialFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component IOSerialFamily. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5139. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component IOSerialFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IOSerialFamily driver in Apple iOS before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted application.

The weakness was shared 10/22/2013 by @dent1zt as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5139 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2021).

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.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121815 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.9 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 X-Force (87259), Tenable (70257), SecurityFocus (BID 62536†), OSVDB (97435†) and Secunia (SA54886†). The entries VDB-5610, VDB-8303, VDB-8559 and VDB-8792 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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08/15/2013 🔍
09/18/2013 +34 days 🔍
09/19/2013 +1 days 🔍
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10/22/2013 +33 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: @dent1zt
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10909

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X-Force: 87259
SecurityFocus: 62536
Secunia: 54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97435
SecurityTracker: 1029054
Vulnerability Center: 42745 - IOSerialFamily in Apple iOS <7 and Apple TV <6 Remote Code Execution or DoS via Crafted App, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 16:12
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (77), 05/18/2017 17:39 (2), 05/31/2021 16:05 (2), 05/31/2021 16:12 (1)
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