Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2019-6230

 

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2019-6230

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17151
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6230
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The weakness exists due to a boundary error in the CoreAnimation component when handling malicious input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Affected software

Apple iOS
watchOS
macOS
tvOS

How to mitigate CVE-2019-6230

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

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