Apple tvOS up to 12.3 Siri out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 12.3. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Siri. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-8646. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 12.3 (Digital Media Player). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Siri. 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 published 07/22/2019 by Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero as HT210351 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8646 since 02/18/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

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

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 12.4 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 Exploit-DB (47194). Similar entries are available at VDB-138537, VDB-138548, VDB-138564 and VDB-138579. 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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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 12.4

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02/18/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 +154 days 🔍
07/22/2019 +0 days 🔍
07/24/2019 +2 days 🔍
01/26/2025 +2013 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210351
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8646 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8646
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-138635
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2019 15:54
Updated: 01/26/2025 19:08
Changes: 07/24/2019 15:54 (63), 07/11/2020 07:44 (1), 11/07/2023 08:18 (4), 01/26/2025 19:08 (24)
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