Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2 Profiles memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Profiles. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-7626. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS up to 3.1.2 (Smartwatch Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Profiles. 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 bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was released 01/23/2017 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz with CXsecurity as HT207487 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7626 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 41 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 3.1.3 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 Exploit-DB (40906) and SecurityFocus (BID 94852†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-94138, VDB-94131, VDB-94142 and VDB-94143. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: watchOS 3.1.3

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09/09/2016 🔍
12/12/2016 +94 days 🔍
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01/23/2017 +41 days 🔍
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01/25/2017 +2 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +26 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207487
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Organization: CXsecurity
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7626 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95906
SecurityFocus: 94852 - Apple iOS/WatchOS/tvOS CVE-2016-7626 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7626 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037429

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2017 11:21
Updated: 08/12/2024 14:08
Changes: 01/25/2017 11:21 (68), 07/31/2020 09:59 (9), 11/03/2022 14:11 (4), 08/12/2024 14:08 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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