Apple watchOS up to 5.3.8/6.2.8/7.0.3 Kernel memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 5.3.8/6.2.8/7.0.3. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-10016. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 5.3.8/6.2.8/7.0.3 (Smartwatch Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Kernel. 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 11/05/2020 by Alex Helie as HT211928 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-10016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Upgrading to version 5.3.9, 6.2.9 or 7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

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Type

• Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• watchOS

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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