Apple iOS up to 12.3.2 FaceTime memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.3.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component FaceTime. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8648. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.3.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component FaceTime. 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. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.4, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was disclosed 07/22/2019 by Tielei Wang with Team Pangu as HT210346 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8648 since 02/18/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/11/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 12.4

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 +154 days 🔍
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07/24/2019 +2 days 🔍
07/11/2020 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210346
Researcher: Tielei Wang
Organization: Team Pangu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-138662
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2019 16:02
Updated: 07/11/2020 10:02
Changes: 07/24/2019 16:02 (65), 07/11/2020 10:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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