Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1 IOHIDFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-4487. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.5/10.10/10.10.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component IOHIDFamily. 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:

Buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 8.1.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.0.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

The weakness was published 01/27/2015 with TaiG Jailbreak Team as HT204244 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4487 since 06/20/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A buffer overflow existed in IOHIDFamily. This issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81145 (Apple TV < 7.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. 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 10.10.2 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 (100504), Tenable (81145) and SecurityFocus (BID 70273†). us-cert.gov is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-67775, VDB-67776, VDB-67777 and VDB-67778. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81145
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.2

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01/27/2015 +221 days 🔍
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT204244
Organization: TaiG Jailbreak Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4487 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4487
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68885
X-Force: 100504 - Apple Mac OS X IOHIDFamily buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 70273
SecurityTracker: 1031650
SecuriTeam: 1031650

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 01/29/2015 09:30
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:40
Changes: 01/29/2015 09:30 (71), 03/27/2019 20:48 (1), 03/07/2022 09:59 (3), 12/15/2024 21:40 (24)
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