Apple Safari up to 10.0 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 10.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2465. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 10.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component WebKit. 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 03/28/2017. The weakness was shared 03/27/2017 by Zheng Huang and Wei Yuan (lokihardt) with Baidu as HT207600 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2465 since 12/01/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99167 (macOS : Apple Safari < 10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370349 (Apple Safari 10.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-2)).

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 Tenable (99167) and SecurityFocus (BID 97130†). The entries VDB-95939, VDB-96539, VDB-97603 and VDB-98600 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 99167
Nessus Name: macOS : Apple Safari < 10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802925
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207600
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 10.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207600
Researcher: Zheng Huang, Wei Yuan (lokihardt)
Organization: Baidu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2465 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98579
SecurityFocus: 97130 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2465 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038137

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 10:40
Updated: 11/15/2022 14:11
Changes: 03/28/2017 10:40 (70), 08/20/2020 14:15 (16), 11/15/2022 14:11 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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