Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4087

 

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4087

Published: January 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4087
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in the Core Bluetooth component. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4087

Update to version 11.2.5.


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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