Apple tvOS up to 13.0 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple tvOS up to 13.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Audio. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-8785. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple tvOS up to 13.0 (Digital Media Player) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2019 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT210723 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-8785. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 13.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-144506, VDB-144507, VDB-144509 and VDB-144510 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 13.2

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02/18/2019 🔍
10/28/2019 +252 days 🔍
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10/31/2019 +3 days 🔍
01/29/2024 +1551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210723
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8785 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8785
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144508
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2019 07:18
Updated: 01/29/2024 19:42
Changes: 10/31/2019 07:18 (47), 10/31/2019 07:23 (16), 01/29/2024 19:42 (5)
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