Apple iTunes up to 12.9.5 on Windows WebKit memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in Apple iTunes up to 12.9.5 on Windows (Multimedia Player Software) and classified 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 disclosed 07/23/2019 by G. Geshev with Zero Day Initiative as HT210356 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8644. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/24/2019). The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

Upgrading to version 12.9.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 138585, 138607, 138640 and 138677 are pretty similar.

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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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTunes 12.9.6

07/23/2019 Advisory disclosed
07/23/2019 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
07/24/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/24/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT210356
Researcher: G. Geshev
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-8644 (🔒)
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Created: 07/24/2019 10:08 PM
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