Apple tvOS up to 14.1 Audio out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 14.1. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Audio. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-27910. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 14.1 (Digital Media Player). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 11/05/2020 by JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin as HT211930 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-27910. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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:

Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Upgrading to version 14.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tvOS 14.2

Timelineinfo

10/27/2020 🔍
11/05/2020 +9 days 🔍
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11/06/2020 +1 days 🔍
12/02/2020 +26 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT211930
Researcher: JunDong Xie, XingWei Lin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-27910 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-27910
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-164393

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2020 08:45
Updated: 12/02/2020 21:09
Changes: 11/06/2020 08:45 (18), 11/06/2020 08:49 (28), 12/02/2020 21:09 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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