Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 13.5.1 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.5.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Audio. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-9888. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 13.5.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/15/2020 by JunDong Xie and XingWei Li with Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab as HT211288 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-9888. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 07/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

Upgrading to version 13.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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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: iOS/iPadOS 13.6

Timelineinfo

03/02/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +135 days 🔍
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07/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/03/2020 +110 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211288
Researcher: JunDong Xie, XingWei Li
Organization: Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158577
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 18:13
Updated: 11/03/2020 08:28
Changes: 07/16/2020 18:13 (47), 07/16/2020 18:18 (2), 11/03/2020 08:20 (2), 11/03/2020 08:28 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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