Apple iOS up to 12.3.2 WebKit memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 12.3.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/22/2019 with Apple as HT210346 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8671. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 07/24/2019). 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 with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 138588, 138610, 138643 and 138659.

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

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• iOS

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Class: Memory corruption (CWE-119)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 12.4

07/22/2019 Advisory disclosed
07/22/2019 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
07/24/2019 +2 days VulDB entry created
07/24/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210346
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8671 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 07/24/2019 04:05 PM
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