Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1 Wi-Fi memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-7065. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.2.1 (Digital Media Player). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi. 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 summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Wi-Fi" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (on the Wi-Fi chip) or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging proximity for 802.11.

The bug was discovered 07/12/2017. The weakness was shared 04/03/2018 by Guang Gong with Qihoo 360 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7065 since 03/17/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 265 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 10.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100655†). The entries VDB-104101, VDB-104102, VDB-104104 and VDB-104105 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Digital Media Player

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• Apple

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• tvOS

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• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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