Apple iOS up to 10.2 FontParser out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component FontParser. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2439. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS up to 10.2 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component FontParser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was released 03/27/2017 by John Villamil with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT207617 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2439 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved input validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370348 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.4, El Capitan 2017-001 and Yosemite 2017-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.3 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 Tenable (99134) and SecurityFocus (BID 97137†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93752, VDB-94628, VDB-95275 and VDB-98611. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207617
Researcher: John Villamil
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2439 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2439
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98741
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2439 - Apple - Multiple Products - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038138

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 11:38
Updated: 10/28/2024 12:16
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:38 (69), 08/21/2020 17:52 (16), 11/20/2022 17:35 (4), 11/20/2022 17:42 (1), 10/28/2024 12:16 (22)
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