Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 Audio out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Audio. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9944. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was released 12/14/2020 by JunDong Xie as HT212011 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9944. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An application may be able to read restricted memory

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 bounds checking.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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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

03/02/2020 🔍
12/14/2020 +287 days 🔍
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12/15/2020 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2020 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212011
Researcher: JunDong Xie
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-166261
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2020 14:33
Updated: 12/17/2020 18:15
Changes: 12/15/2020 14:33 (4), 12/15/2020 14:34 (15), 12/15/2020 14:37 (28), 12/17/2020 18:10 (6), 12/17/2020 18:15 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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