Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 Audio out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Audio. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-27910. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality 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 shared 12/14/2020 by JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin as HT212011 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-27910. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

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

Upgrading to version 11.1 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: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 11.1

Timelineinfo

10/27/2020 🔍
12/14/2020 +48 days 🔍
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12/15/2020 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2020 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212011
Researcher: JunDong Xie, XingWei Lin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-27910 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-27910
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-166259
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2020 14:29
Updated: 12/17/2020 17:57
Changes: 12/15/2020 14:29 (13), 12/15/2020 14:30 (6), 12/15/2020 14:35 (28), 12/17/2020 17:52 (6), 12/17/2020 17:57 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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