Use-after-free in FreeBSD - CVE-2020-7463

 

Use-after-free in FreeBSD - CVE-2020-7463

Published: September 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46227
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7463
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing SCTP messages. A local user can send large user messages from multiple threads on the same socket., trigger a use-after-free error and crash the system.



Affected software

FreeBSD
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
iCloud for Windows
iTunes

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7463

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 11.3 20E232
iPadOS - update to 14.5 18E199
Apple iOS - update to 14.5 18E199
iCloud for Windows - update to 12.3
iTunes - update to 12.11.3

External References

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