Apple iOS up to 9.1 CoreMedia Playback memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CoreMedia Playback. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-7074. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple iOS up to 9.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component CoreMedia Playback. 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 summary by CVE is:

CoreMedia Playback in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, and tvOS before 9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a malformed media file.

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2015 with Apple as HT205635 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7074 since 09/16/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the processing of malformed media files. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87314 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 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 124389 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.2 and Security Update 2015-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3)).

Upgrading to version 9.2 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 (87314), SecurityFocus (BID 78725†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55233†). The entries VDB-79541, VDB-79545, VDB-79546 and VDB-79547 are pretty similar. 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
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Nessus ID: 87314
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: iOS 9.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205635
Organization: Apple
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CVE: CVE-2015-7074 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7074
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79597
SecurityFocus: 78725 - Apple Mac OS X/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034344
Vulnerability Center: 55233 - Apple iOS <9.2 Remote Code Execution via a Maliciously Crafted Website - CVE-2015-7074, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 12/09/2015 14:31
Updated: 06/29/2022 20:18
Changes: 12/09/2015 14:31 (73), 06/26/2018 09:08 (7), 06/29/2022 20:10 (3), 06/29/2022 20:18 (1)
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