Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7. This impacts an unknown function 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 advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple watchOS up to 6.2.7 (Smartwatch Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality 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 HT211291 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

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

Upgrading to version 6.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-158577, VDB-158606, VDB-158608 and VDB-158609 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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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: watchOS 6.2.8

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: HT211291
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-100-158607
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 20:19
Updated: 11/03/2020 14:10
Changes: 07/16/2020 20:19 (46), 07/16/2020 20:24 (2), 11/03/2020 14:05 (2), 11/03/2020 14:10 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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