Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 IOAcceleratorFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-5848. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 8.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. 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. CVE summarizes:

IOAcceleratorFamily 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 (beist) as HT205212 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5848 since 08/06/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 76764†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9015, VDB-68413, VDB-77828 and VDB-77762. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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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 (beist)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5848 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5848
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77786
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: 06/16/2022 07:40
Changes: 09/18/2015 13:09 (48), 12/25/2017 12:29 (15), 06/16/2022 07:40 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:B6E:103

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