Apple macOS ImageIO heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-22612. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2022 by Xingyu Jin as HT213183 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-22612. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/15/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/05/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213183
Researcher: Xingyu Jin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22612 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22612
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195052
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2022 10:30
Updated: 03/17/2022 15:04
Changes: 03/15/2022 10:30 (16), 03/15/2022 10:34 (29), 03/17/2022 15:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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