Apple iOS up to 10 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS up to 10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Audio. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-4702. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 10 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Audio. 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:

Audio in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/20/2016 by YoungJin Yoon as HT207143 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4702 since 05/11/2016. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93776 (Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading 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 (93776) and SecurityFocus (BID 93054†). See VDB-91604, VDB-91602, VDB-91603 and VDB-91605 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 93776
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207143
Researcher: YoungJin Yoon
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91993
SecurityFocus: 93054 - Apple iOS/tvOS/MacOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036858

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2016 10:50
Updated: 09/20/2022 12:05
Changes: 09/26/2016 10:50 (57), 04/25/2019 11:28 (24), 09/20/2022 12:05 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:9FA:103

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