Apple tvOS up to 11.4.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple tvOS up to 11.4.1. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-4414. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 11.4.1 (Digital Media Player). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5, iTunes 12.9 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.7.

The weakness was published 04/03/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4414 since 01/02/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 12.0 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†). Similar entries are available at VDB-81410, VDB-81411, VDB-81412 and VDB-81413. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: tvOS 12.0

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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 🔍

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4414 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4414
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132955
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 10:35
Updated: 10/13/2024 12:32
Changes: 04/04/2019 10:35 (65), 05/25/2020 14:08 (2), 08/25/2023 09:45 (4), 10/13/2024 12:32 (16)
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