Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 Wi-Fi memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5. Affected is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9918. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.5 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi. 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 presented 07/15/2020 by Jianjun Dai with 360 Alpha Lab as HT211289 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-9918. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/17/2020). 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 input validation.

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

See VDB-158604, VDB-158624, VDB-158644 and VDB-158645 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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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: Jianjun Dai
Organization: 360 Alpha Lab
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-9918 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9918
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158663
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2020 07:44
Updated: 11/03/2020 23:33
Changes: 07/17/2020 07:44 (47), 07/17/2020 07:49 (2), 11/03/2020 23:30 (2), 11/03/2020 23:33 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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