Apple Safari up to 9.0 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 9.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-5930. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 9.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. 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.

The weakness was published 10/21/2015 with Apple as HT205377 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5930 since 08/06/2015. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86603 (Apple iTunes < 12.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124198 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-5)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.1 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 (86603), SecurityFocus (BID 77267†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53862†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78724, VDB-78725, VDB-78727 and VDB-78728. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86603
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 802824
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities Nov15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 9.0.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205377
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78835
SecurityFocus: 77267
SecurityTracker: 1033929
Vulnerability Center: 53862 - Apple iTunes before 12.3.1 Remote Code Execution or DoS due to Memory Corruption in WebKit - CVE-2015-5930, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2015 12:04
Updated: 06/24/2022 18:43
Changes: 10/22/2015 12:04 (54), 02/17/2018 09:27 (19), 06/24/2022 18:36 (4), 06/24/2022 18:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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