Apple watchOS up to 2.x Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple watchOS up to 2.x. This affects an unknown part of the component Audio. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-4702. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 2.x (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Audio. 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 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 published 09/20/2016 by YoungJin Yoon as HT207141 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4702 since 05/11/2016. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/21/2022). 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 to version 3 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†). Similar entries are available at VDB-91603, VDB-91618, VDB-91993 and VDB-91997. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93776
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64377
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 3

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09/21/2022 +2184 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207141
Researcher: YoungJin Yoon
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92105
SecurityFocus: 93054 - Apple iOS/tvOS/MacOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036858

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2016 11:59
Updated: 09/21/2022 08:29
Changes: 09/26/2016 11:59 (68), 04/26/2019 07:59 (13), 09/21/2022 08:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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