Apple iOS up to 12.1.4 State Management input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.4. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component State Management. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-6203. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.1.4 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component State Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, tvOS 12.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept network traffic.

The weakness was shared 04/17/2020 as HT209599 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6203 since 01/11/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/12/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371712 (Apple macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2)).

Upgrading to version 12.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-132233, VDB-132234, VDB-132235 and VDB-132236 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS

Version

• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.1.3
• 12.1.4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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