Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-5816 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, Itunes and Safari

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
apple
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

WebKit, as used in JavaScriptCore in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 and APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
130
Application
Apple
334

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI9_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 9.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Safari - Safari Downloads - Safari Extensions - Safari Safe Browsing - WebKit - WebKit CSS - WebKit JavaScript Bindings - WebKit Page Loading - WebKit Plug-ins
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86252
    published2015-10-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86252
    titleMac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_11.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.6.8 or later but prior to 10.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Address Book - AirScan - apache_mod_php - Apple Online Store Kit - AppleEvents - Audio - bash - Certificate Trust Policy - CFNetwork Cookies - CFNetwork FTPProtocol - CFNetwork HTTPProtocol - CFNetwork Proxies - CFNetwork SSL - CoreCrypto - CoreText - Dev Tools - Disk Images - dyld - EFI - Finder - Game Center - Heimdal - ICU - Install Framework Legacy - Intel Graphics Driver - IOAudioFamily - IOGraphics - IOHIDFamily - IOStorageFamily - Kernel - libc - libpthread - libxpc - Login Window - lukemftpd - Mail - Multipeer Connectivity - NetworkExtension - Notes - OpenSSH - OpenSSL - procmail - remote_cmds - removefile - Ruby - Safari - Safari Downloads - Safari Extensions - Safari Safe Browsing - Security - SMB - SQLite - Telephony - Terminal - tidy - Time Machine - WebKit - WebKit CSS - WebKit JavaScript Bindings - WebKit Page Loading - WebKit Plug-ins Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86270
    published2015-10-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86270
    titleMac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idITUNES_12_3_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 12.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the bundled versions of WebKit, CoreText, the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Package, and ICU. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86001
    published2015-09-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86001
    titleApple iTunes < 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
  • NASL familyPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
    NASL idITUNES_12_3_0_BANNER.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes running on the remote host is prior to 12.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the WebKit, CoreText, and ICU components, and in the bundled version of the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Package. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code, or gain access to encrypted SMB credentials. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86601
    published2015-10-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86601
    titleApple iTunes < 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)