apple ios CVE-2019-7287 is a vulnerability in Apple iOS
Published on December 18, 2019

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.4. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple iOS Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS contains a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 13, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2019-7287 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2019-7287 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


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