Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 Graphics Drivers memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Graphics Drivers. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7019. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Graphics Drivers. 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 weakness was published 10/21/2015 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT205375 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-7019 since 09/16/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

Multiple out of bounds read issues existed in the NVIDIA graphics driver. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86654 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. 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) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53893†). Similar entries are available at VDB-77709, VDB-78724, VDB-78725 and VDB-78727. 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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Nessus ID: 86654
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 October-15
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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: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7019 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7019
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78810
SecurityFocus: 64048
Vulnerability Center: 53893 - Apple MacOS X Local DoS due to Out of Bounds Read in the NVIDIA Graphics Driver - CVE-2015-7019, Low

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

Created: 10/22/2015 11:37
Updated: 11/19/2024 21:21
Changes: 10/22/2015 11:37 (59), 02/27/2018 08:24 (11), 06/24/2022 14:43 (3), 06/24/2022 14:45 (2), 11/19/2024 21:21 (16)
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