#VU6113 Type confusion in Apple iOS - CVE-2011-0227

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#VU6113 Type confusion in Apple iOS - CVE-2011-0227

Published: March 20, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6113
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0227
CWE-ID: CWE-704
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apple iOS
Software vendor:
Apple Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to invalid type conversion issue in the use of IOMobileFrameBuffer queueing primitives. A local attacker can execute a specially crafted application and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Update iOS to version 4.3.4.

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