Apple watchOS Video File memory corruption

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple watchOS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Video File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-44234. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Video File Handler. 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 summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-44234 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211697 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (121570)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211697) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3291). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Apple macOS

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• Smartwatch Operating System

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• Apple

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• watchOS

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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