Apple Safari 6.0/7.0/8.0 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari 6.0/7.0/8.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-1120. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari 6.0/7.0/8.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part of the component WebKit. 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 weakness was presented 04/08/2015 by Renata Hodovan with University of Szeged as HT204658 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1120 since 01/16/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82712 (Apple TV < 7.2 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 196436 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Webkitgtk Vulnerabilities (USN-2937-1)).

Upgrading 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 (102118), Tenable (82712), SecurityFocus (BID 73972†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032047†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57447†). See VDB-13296, VDB-68328, VDB-74026 and VDB-74028 for similar entries. 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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Nessus ID: 82712
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802234
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Apr15 (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT204658
Researcher: Renata Hodovan
Organization: University of Szeged
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74693
X-Force: 102118 - Apple Safari WebKit code execution
SecurityFocus: 73972 - WebKit Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032047
Vulnerability Center: 57447 - Apple Safari Remote Code Execution or DoS via a Crafted Website - CVE-2015-1120, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2015 09:37
Updated: 05/03/2022 08:48
Changes: 04/10/2015 09:37 (65), 02/01/2019 14:49 (19), 05/03/2022 08:48 (2)
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