Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 Accelerate Framework memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Accelerate Framework. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5940. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Accelerate Framework. 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 weakness was presented 10/21/2015 by Xiaofeng Zheng with Apple as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5940 since 08/06/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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:

A memory corruption issue existed in the Accelerate Framework in multi-threading mode. This issue was addressed through improved accessor element validation and improved object locking.

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. 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 10.11.1 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), SecurityFocus (BID 77263†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53780†). See VDB-77709, VDB-78724, VDB-78725 and VDB-78727 for similar entries. 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: 86654
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205375
Researcher: Xiaofeng Zheng
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78773
SecurityFocus: 77263 - Apple iOS and Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033929
Vulnerability Center: 53780 - Apple MacOS X Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption in the Accelerate Framework, Medium

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

Created: 10/22/2015 11:23
Updated: 06/24/2022 09:35
Changes: 10/22/2015 11:23 (61), 02/15/2018 11:14 (12), 06/24/2022 09:31 (4), 06/24/2022 09:35 (1)
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