Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2017-13803

 

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2017-13803

Published: November 1, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9038
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13803
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory handling error in the WebKit component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Affected software

Apple iOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple Safari
webkitgtk4
mozilla-nss-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-debuginfo
libsoftokn3-32bit-debuginfo
libfreebl3-32bit
mozilla-nss-32bit-debuginfo
libfreebl3-32bit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-32bit
libsoftokn3-32bit
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit
libfreebl3
libsoftokn3-debuginfo
mozilla-nss
mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit
mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo
libfreebl3-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-tools
mozilla-nss-devel
mozilla-nss-debugsource
mozilla-nss-certs
libsoftokn3

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13803

Update to version 11.1.

webkitgtk4 - addressed in versions 2.18.3-1.fc25, 2.18.3-1.fc26, 2.18.3-1.fc27
mozilla-nss-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3 - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-tools - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-devel - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-debugsource - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3 - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1

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