Buffer overflow in watchOS - CVE-2020-3834

 

Buffer overflow in watchOS - CVE-2020-3834

Published: February 27, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30347
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3834
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6.1.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.


Affected software

watchOS

How to mitigate CVE-2020-3834

Install update from vendor's website.

watchOS - update to 6.1.2

External References

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