Apple iTunes up to 12.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iTunes up to 12.2 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-1205. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.2 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 09/16/2015 by Christian Holler (fuzztercluck) with Google as HT205221 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1205 since 01/21/2015. 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 advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the processing of unicode strings. These issues were addressed by updating ICU to version 55.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80951 (Google Chrome < 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124144 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3)).

Upgrading to version 12.3 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 (80951), SecurityFocus (BID 72288†), Secunia (SA62575†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52884†). Similar entries are available at VDB-68824, VDB-68825, VDB-68826 and VDB-68827. 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: 80951
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802962
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205221
Researcher: Christian Holler (fuzztercluck)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77885
SecurityFocus: 72288 - Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62575 - Ubuntu update for oxide-qt, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031623
Vulnerability Center: 52884 - Apple watchOS <2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in ICU - CVE-2015-1205, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2015 15:32
Updated: 06/16/2022 23:41
Changes: 09/18/2015 15:32 (55), 01/03/2018 09:47 (26), 06/16/2022 23:27 (3), 06/16/2022 23:41 (1)
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