Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2017-13879

 

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2017-13879

Published: December 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9568
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13879
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code o the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in IOMobileFrameBuffer. A local attacker can use a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Affected software

Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13879

Update to version 11.2.


External References

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