WebKit input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WebKit. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2871. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WebKit (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the handling of input.

The weakness was shared 04/01/2014 by miaubiz with Apple as HT6181 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2871 since 04/11/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73304 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.1.3 / 7.0.3 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 122790 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT6537)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (73304), SecurityFocus (BID 64361†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1029983†). The entries VDB-8662, VDB-8869, VDB-8995 and VDB-9457 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Apple Safari up to 6.1.2/7.0.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 73304
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.1.3 / 7.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892724
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2724-1 (chromium-browser - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/11/2013 🔍
07/10/2013 +90 days 🔍
12/16/2013 +159 days 🔍
04/01/2014 +106 days 🔍
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04/02/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/02/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/02/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2019 +1854 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: HT6181
Researcher: miaubiz
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12749

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SecurityFocus: 64361 - WebKit CVE-2013-5199 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1029983

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/02/2014 13:29
Updated: 04/30/2019 17:05
Changes: 04/02/2014 13:29 (78), 04/30/2019 17:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:49F:103

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