Apple iOS up to 10.2 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple iOS up to 10.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-2396. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2017. The weakness was released 03/27/2017 by Natalie Silvanovich (lokihardt) with Apple as HT207617 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2396 since 12/01/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99264 (Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196754 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Webkit2gtk Vulnerabilities (USN-3257-1)).

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 (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 97130†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-97603, VDB-98600, VDB-98595 and VDB-98597. 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: 99264
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2 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: iOS 10.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207617
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (lokihardt)
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98781
SecurityFocus: 97130 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2396 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038137

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

Created: 03/28/2017 11:47
Updated: 11/21/2022 09:36
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:47 (79), 08/22/2020 07:55 (8), 11/21/2022 09:36 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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