Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 Crash Reporter memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Crash Reporter. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-9865. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Crash Reporter. 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 07/15/2020 by Zhuo Liang with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT211289 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9865. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

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

See VDB-158584, VDB-158610, VDB-158630 and VDB-158645 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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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: Zhuo Liang
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9865 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9865
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158653
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 07/17/2020 07:41
Updated: 11/03/2020 21:51
Changes: 07/17/2020 07:41 (47), 07/17/2020 07:46 (2), 11/03/2020 21:43 (2), 11/03/2020 21:51 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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