Apple macOS up to 10.14.4 CoreAudio out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 10.14.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CoreAudio. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-8585. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.4 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component CoreAudio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/13/2019 by riusksk as HT210119 as confirmed advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8585 since 02/18/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371785 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-003 Sierra Not Installed (HT210119)).

Upgrading to version 10.14.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-134839, VDB-134840, VDB-134841 and VDB-134842 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.5

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02/18/2019 🔍
05/13/2019 +84 days 🔍
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05/15/2019 +2 days 🔍
09/18/2023 +1587 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210119
Researcher: riusksk
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-8585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134843
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/15/2019 08:49
Updated: 09/18/2023 10:34
Changes: 05/15/2019 08:49 (66), 06/10/2020 18:24 (2), 09/18/2023 10:34 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:829:103

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