Apple Safari up to 10.0.1 WebKit State memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Safari up to 10.0.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebKit. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption (State). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-7589. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari up to 10.0.1 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (State). 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 02/20/2017. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 with Apple as HT207421 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7589 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was 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 276387 (Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk4 (FEDORA-2017-b015aa1d33)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.2 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 (95825) and SecurityFocus (BID 94908†). The entries VDB-94194, VDB-94199, VDB-94200 and VDB-94201 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Name: State
Class: Memory corruption / State
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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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: Safari 10.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207421
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94312
SecurityFocus: 94908 - Apple iOS/WatchOS/tvOS/Safari/iTunes/iCloud CVE-2016-7589 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037459

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 13:27
Updated: 10/07/2022 10:21
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:27 (68), 07/06/2019 16:56 (16), 10/07/2022 10:21 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:335:103

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