Apple Safari up to 11.0 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 11.0 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-4161. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Safari up to 11.0 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was released 03/29/2018 with Zero Day Initiative as HT208695 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4161. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 02/07/2021). The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109468 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370850 (Apple iTunes for Windows Prior to 12.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities.(HT208694)).

Upgrading to version 11.1 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 Tenable (109468). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-115296, VDB-115301, VDB-115302 and VDB-115311. 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: 109468
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : webkit2gtk vulnerabilities (USN-3635-1)
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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: Safari 11.1

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03/29/2018 +86 days 🔍
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03/31/2018 +2 days 🔍
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02/07/2021 +1013 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208695
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115461
SecurityTracker: 1040604

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 21:47
Updated: 02/07/2021 18:24
Changes: 03/31/2018 21:47 (76), 01/19/2020 19:20 (2), 02/07/2021 18:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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