Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2019-6235

 

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2019-6235

Published: January 23, 2019 / Updated: January 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17147
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6235
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The weakness exists due to a boundary error in the AppleKeyStore component when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Affected software

Apple iOS
watchOS
macOS
tvOS
iTunes

How to mitigate CVE-2019-6235

Update to version 12.1.3.

Apple iOS - update to 12.1.3 16D39
watchOS - update to 5.1.3
macOS - update to 10.14.3 18D42
tvOS - update to 12.1.2
iTunes - update to 12.9.3

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