Apple iOS up to 11.1.2 IOMobileFrameBuffer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 11.1.2. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IOMobileFrameBuffer. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-13879. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 11.1.2 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component IOMobileFrameBuffer. 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 12/02/2017. The weakness was released 12/02/2017 by Ian Beer with Apple as HT208334 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-13879 since 08/30/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. 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 01/26/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 11.2 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 102097†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-110380, VDB-110382, VDB-110383 and VDB-110384. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 11.2

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08/30/2017 🔍
12/02/2017 +94 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208334
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-13879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-13879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110381
SecurityFocus: 102097 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2017-12-6-2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039953

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

Created: 12/10/2017 08:58
Updated: 01/26/2021 09:55
Changes: 12/10/2017 08:58 (66), 12/13/2019 08:38 (6), 01/26/2021 09:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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