Apple iOS up to 9.0 IOHIDFamily memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.0 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IOHIDFamily. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6974. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 9.0 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component IOHIDFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

The weakness was shared 10/21/2015 as HT205370 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6974 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/20/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue existed in the kernel. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86654 (Mac OS X < 10.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124182 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2015-007 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4)).

Upgrading to version 9.1 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 (86654) and SecurityFocus (BID 64048†). The entries VDB-11686, VDB-77709, VDB-78724 and VDB-78725 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS

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• 9.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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