Apple TV up to 7.2 Wi-Fi memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple TV up to 7.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6975. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple TV up to 7.2 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi. 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 bug was discovered 04/03/2017. The weakness was shared 05/13/2019 by Gal Beniamini with Google Project Zero as HT210121 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6975 since 03/17/2017. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A stack buffer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 7.3 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 SecurityFocus (BID 97328†). The entries VDB-99277, VDB-134967 and VDB-134968 are related to this item. 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: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TV 7.3

Timelineinfo

03/17/2017 🔍
04/03/2017 +17 days 🔍
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04/05/2017 +2 days 🔍
05/13/2019 +768 days 🔍
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05/15/2019 +2 days 🔍
09/19/2023 +1588 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210121
Researcher: Gal Beniamini
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6975 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6975
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134969
SecurityFocus: 97328 - Apple iOS CVE-2017-6975 Arbitray Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038172

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/15/2019 09:30
Updated: 09/19/2023 09:22
Changes: 05/15/2019 09:30 (66), 06/11/2020 16:51 (6), 10/24/2022 21:59 (3), 09/19/2023 09:22 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:E82:103

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