Apple macOS up to 10.14.5 Security out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Security. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-8697. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.14.5 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

The weakness was presented 07/22/2019 with Zero Day Initiative as HT210348 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8697 since 02/18/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 10.14.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-138560, VDB-138561, VDB-138562 and VDB-138563 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.14.6

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 +154 days 🔍
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07/24/2019 +2 days 🔍
07/10/2020 +352 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210348
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-138578
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2019 15:14
Updated: 07/10/2020 16:50
Changes: 07/24/2019 15:14 (64), 07/10/2020 16:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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