Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 Disk Images memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Disk Images. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-5847. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Disk Images. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Disk Images component in Apple iOS before 9 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 09/16/2015 by Filippo Bigarella and Luca Todesco (beist) as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5847 since 08/06/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86270 (Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370192 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3)).

Upgrading to version 9 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 (86270) and SecurityFocus (BID 76764†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9015, VDB-68413, VDB-74127 and VDB-77828. 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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Nessus ID: 86270
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205212
Researcher: Filippo Bigarella, Luca Todesco (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5847 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5847
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77781
SecurityFocus: 76764 - Apple iOS APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033609

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2015 13:09
Updated: 11/21/2024 12:26
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:09 (48), 12/25/2017 12:28 (19), 06/16/2022 06:26 (3), 06/16/2022 06:39 (1), 11/21/2024 12:26 (16)
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