Apple tvOS up to 11.2 Security memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple tvOS up to 11.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Security. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-4144. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 11.2 (Digital Media Player). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Security. 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 03/29/2018. The weakness was published 03/29/2018 with Qihoo 360 as HT208698 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4144 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108786 (macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370855 (Apple iCloud for Windows Prior to 7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities(APPLE-SA-2018-3-29-8)).

Upgrading to version 11.3 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 (108786) and SecurityFocus (BID 103582†). Similar entries are available at VDB-115299, VDB-115297, VDB-115298 and VDB-115300. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 108786
Nessus Name: macOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53931
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Security Updates(HT208697)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 11.3

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03/29/2018 +86 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208698
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4144 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4144
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115370
SecurityFocus: 103582 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2018-3-29-5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040604

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 19:46
Updated: 02/07/2021 10:04
Changes: 03/31/2018 19:46 (67), 01/19/2020 09:20 (16), 02/07/2021 10:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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