Apple watchOS up to 5.3.1 Foundation out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 5.3.1. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Foundation. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-8641. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple watchOS up to 5.3.1 (Smartwatch Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Foundation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/26/2019 by Samuel Gross and Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero as HT210607 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-8641 since 02/18/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47415). The entries VDB-138542, VDB-138569, VDB-138630 and VDB-138664 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 6.0

Timelineinfo

02/18/2019 🔍
09/19/2019 +213 days 🔍
09/26/2019 +7 days 🔍
09/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
11/05/2024 +1866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210607
Researcher: Samuel Gross, Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-8641 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8641
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142357
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2019 07:32
Updated: 11/05/2024 03:21
Changes: 09/27/2019 07:32 (62), 09/09/2020 18:33 (1), 11/05/2024 03:21 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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