Apple iTunes up to 12.10.1 on Windows WebKit memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.10.1 on Windows (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality 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 released 10/30/2019 by Soyeon Park with Georgia Tech as HT210726 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8811. 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 $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/31/2019). The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 12.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 144518, 144546, 144560 and 144586.

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• iTunes

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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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Upgrade: iTunes 12.10.2

10/30/2019 Advisory disclosed
10/30/2019 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
10/31/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
10/31/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210726
Researcher: Soyeon Park
Organization: Georgia Tech
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8811 (🔒)
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Created: 10/31/2019 09:03 AM
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