Apple tvOS up to 10.1 WebKit memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-2459. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS up to 10.1 (Digital Media Player). This issue affects an unknown part 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 published 03/27/2017 by Ivan Fratric (lokihardt) with Google Project Zero as HT207601 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2459 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 370349 (Apple Safari 10.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.2 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 Exploit-DB (41810), Tenable (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 97130†). Similar entries are available at VDB-96539, 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: tvOS 10.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207601
Researcher: Ivan Fratric (lokihardt)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98885
SecurityFocus: 97130 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2459 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038137

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

Created: 03/28/2017 12:24
Updated: 03/15/2025 03:26
Changes: 03/28/2017 12:24 (79), 08/22/2020 21:57 (11), 11/22/2022 08:19 (5), 03/15/2025 03:26 (14)
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