Apple watchOS up to 4.3.2 State Management memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple watchOS up to 4.3.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component State Management. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-4383. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 4.3.2 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component State Management. 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 summary by CVE is:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

The weakness was presented 04/03/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4383 since 01/02/2018. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118178 (macOS < 10.14 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 371218 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2018-9-24-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (118178) and SecurityFocus (BID 85054†). See VDB-81410, VDB-81411, VDB-81412 and VDB-81413 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 118178
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 5.0

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03/21/2016 🔍
01/02/2018 +652 days 🔍
09/24/2018 +265 days 🔍
10/18/2018 +24 days 🔍
04/03/2019 +167 days 🔍
04/04/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/13/2024 +2019 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132953
SecurityFocus: 85054 - Apple Mac OS X Server APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-7 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2019 10:33
Updated: 10/13/2024 09:57
Changes: 04/04/2019 10:33 (66), 05/25/2020 12:40 (2), 08/25/2023 09:38 (4), 10/13/2024 09:57 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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