Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Audio. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-9884. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/15/2020 by Yu Zhou with Zero Day Initiative as HT211289 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-9884. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

Upgrading to version 10.15.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-158646, VDB-158647, VDB-158648 and VDB-158649. 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: 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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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.6

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03/02/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +135 days 🔍
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07/17/2020 +2 days 🔍
11/03/2020 +109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211289
Researcher: Yu Zhou
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9884 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9884
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158645
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2020 07:39
Updated: 11/03/2020 20:26
Changes: 07/17/2020 07:39 (47), 07/17/2020 07:44 (2), 11/03/2020 20:22 (2), 11/03/2020 20:26 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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