Apple macOS up to 11.0.1 ImageIO out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple macOS up to 11.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component ImageIO. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-29619. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to 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). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. 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 released 12/14/2020 by XingWei Lin as HT212011 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-29619. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption

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: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 11.1

Timelineinfo

12/08/2020 🔍
12/14/2020 +6 days 🔍
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12/15/2020 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2020 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212011
Researcher: XingWei Lin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-29619 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-29619
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-166286
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2020 14:54
Updated: 12/17/2020 20:29
Changes: 12/15/2020 14:54 (14), 12/15/2020 14:55 (5), 12/15/2020 14:58 (28), 12/17/2020 20:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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