Apple watchOS up to 8.0.1 Kernel memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 8.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-30909. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 8.0.1 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been rated as critical. 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 disclosed 10/25/2021 by Zweig as HT212874 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-30909. 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 8.1 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 memory handling.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 8.1

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04/13/2021 🔍
10/25/2021 +195 days 🔍
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10/27/2021 +2 days 🔍
10/31/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT212874
Researcher: Zweig
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-30909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-30909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185507

Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2021 08:36
Updated: 10/31/2021 11:29
Changes: 10/27/2021 08:36 (19), 10/27/2021 08:39 (28), 10/31/2021 11:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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