Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.4.1 Wi-Fi denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.4.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-4142. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/16/2022 by Kostya Kortchinsky as HT213258 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-4142. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/24/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168252 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2015:2221-1)).

Upgrading to version 15.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed with improved checks.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.5

Timelineinfo

05/31/2015 🔍
05/16/2022 +2542 days 🔍
05/16/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/17/2022 +1 days 🔍
11/24/2024 +922 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213258
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200062
SecurityTracker: 1032625

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2022 16:17
Updated: 11/24/2024 12:08
Changes: 05/17/2022 16:17 (18), 05/17/2022 16:20 (29), 05/24/2022 08:57 (3), 05/24/2022 09:01 (7), 11/24/2024 12:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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