Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 DiskImages memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DiskImages. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-3800. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.4 (Operating System) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component DiskImages. 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 DiskImages component in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 and OS X before 10.10.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a malformed DMG image.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2015 by Ilja van Sprundel with Google Project Zero as HT205031 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3800 since 05/07/2015. 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 02/02/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90315 (Apple TV < 7.2.1 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 123806 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.10.5 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 Tenable (90315), SecurityFocus (BID 76343†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033276†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56767†). The entries VDB-77102, VDB-77103, VDB-77104 and VDB-77105 are related to this item. 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
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 90315
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 7.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.5

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05/07/2015 🔍
08/11/2015 +96 days 🔍
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08/13/2015 +1 days 🔍
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02/24/2016 +192 days 🔍
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04/04/2016 +36 days 🔍
02/02/2025 +3226 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205031
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3800 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3800
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77189
SecurityFocus: 76343 - Apple Mac OS X and iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033276
Vulnerability Center: 56767 - Apple iOS <8.4.1 Remote Code Execution or DoS via a Maliciously Crafted DMG File - CVE-2015-3800, Critical

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

Created: 08/14/2015 14:33
Updated: 02/02/2025 22:32
Changes: 08/14/2015 14:33 (54), 08/23/2018 08:31 (24), 02/02/2025 22:32 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:A1D:103

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