Out-of-bounds read in iPadOS and Apple iOS - CVE-2020-29617

Vulnerability identifier: #VU48988

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29617

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a heap corruption within the ImageIO component when processing images. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

iPadOS
Apple iOS
watchOS
macOS
tvOS
iCloud for Windows

Install updates from vendor's website.

iPadOS - update to 14.3 18C66
Apple iOS - update to 14.3 18C66
watchOS - update to 7.2 18S564
macOS - addressed in versions 10.14.6 18G7016, 10.15.7 19H114, 11.1 20C69
tvOS - update to 14.3 18K561
iCloud for Windows - update to 12.0

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212003

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS and iPadOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iCloud for Window
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS