Apple tvOS up to 11.4.0 WebKit memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 11.4.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4264. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 11.4.0 (Digital Media Player). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, watchOS 4.3.2, Safari 11.1.2, iTunes 12.8 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.6.

The bug was discovered 07/09/2018. The weakness was released 07/09/2018 as HT208936 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4264 since 01/02/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 111109 (macOS : Apple Safari < 11.1.2 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171580 (OpenSUSE Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-SU-2018:2781-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.4.1 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 (111109). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-120972, VDB-120960, VDB-120961 and VDB-120962. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Digital Media Player

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• Apple

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• tvOS

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• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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