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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Profiles. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7626. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple tvOS up to 10.0 (Digital Media Player). This affects an unknown function of the component Profiles. 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 bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was presented 12/12/2016 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz with CXsecurity as HT207425 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7626 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of certificate profiles. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The exploit is shared for download at cert.cx. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading to version 10.1 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 Exploit-DB (40906) and SecurityFocus (BID 94852†). See VDB-94138, VDB-94131, VDB-94142 and VDB-94141 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: tvOS 10.1
Timeline
09/09/2016 🔍12/12/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207425
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Organization: CXsecurity
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7626 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94143
SecurityFocus: 94852 - Apple iOS/WatchOS/tvOS CVE-2016-7626 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037429
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/13/2016 19:43Updated: 08/10/2024 03:35
Changes: 12/13/2016 19:43 (66), 06/25/2019 10:03 (9), 10/06/2022 06:43 (4), 08/10/2024 03:35 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:E2C:103
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