Apple macOS up to 10.13.3 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-4096. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects 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 01/23/2018. The weakness was shared 01/26/2018 by Jeonghoon Shin (OSS-Fuzz) with Theori as HT208465 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4096 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

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 370738 (Apple macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, Security Update 2018-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-001 El Capitan Not Installed (Meltdown)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (108703) and SecurityFocus (BID 102775†). The entries VDB-107051, VDB-108420, VDB-108421 and VDB-108422 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: 108703
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 71145
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 (HT208465)
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01/23/2018 +21 days 🔍
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01/28/2018 +2 days 🔍
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02/02/2021 +1036 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208465
Researcher: Jeonghoon Shin (OSS-Fuzz)
Organization: Theori
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4096 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112589
SecurityFocus: 102775 - WebKit Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040265

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 01/28/2018 18:57
Updated: 02/02/2021 08:51
Changes: 01/28/2018 18:57 (77), 12/30/2019 17:41 (8), 02/02/2021 08:51 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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