Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-7646. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.5.3 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part 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 bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 by Boris Zbarsky with Zero Day Initiative as HT207427 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7646 since 09/09/2016. 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 advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved state management.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95825 (Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 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 and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370265 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT207427)).

Upgrading to version 12.5.4 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 (95825) and SecurityFocus (BID 94907†). The entries VDB-94194, VDB-94199, VDB-94200 and VDB-94201 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
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 95825
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb17 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.5.4

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12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
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02/20/2017 +68 days 🔍
10/06/2022 +2054 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207427
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7646 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7646
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94237
SecurityFocus: 94907 - Apple Safari/Cloud/iTunes/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037459

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 12:12
Updated: 10/06/2022 13:46
Changes: 12/14/2016 12:12 (77), 07/06/2019 09:36 (7), 10/06/2022 13:46 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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