Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 IOKit numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component IOKit. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4389. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IOKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in IOKit in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted API arguments.

The weakness was disclosed 09/17/2014 by Ian Beer (evad3rs) with Google Project Zero as HT6443 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4389 since 06/20/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77822 (Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123193 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4)).

Upgrading to version 10.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96112), Tenable (77822) and SecurityFocus (BID 69882†). The entries VDB-67237, VDB-67368, VDB-67370 and VDB-67371 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 77822
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6443
Researcher: Ian Beer (evad3rs)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67652

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X-Force: 96112
SecurityFocus: 69882 - RETIRED: Apple iOS Prior to iOS 8 and TV Prior to TV 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1030866

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2014 13:06
Updated: 12/15/2024 23:30
Changes: 09/23/2014 13:06 (50), 07/05/2017 08:54 (20), 02/20/2022 17:29 (3), 02/20/2022 17:36 (1), 12/15/2024 23:30 (17)
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