GarageBand 10.4.8 Malicious MIDI OOB Read (CVE-2023-27938)
CVE-2023-27938 Published on May 8, 2023
An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in GarageBand for macOS 10.4.8. Parsing a maliciously crafted MIDI file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-27938 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Out-of-bounds Read
The software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can allow attackers to read sensitive information from other memory locations or cause a crash. A crash can occur when the code reads a variable amount of data and assumes that a sentinel exists to stop the read operation, such as a NUL in a string. The expected sentinel might not be located in the out-of-bounds memory, causing excessive data to be read, leading to a segmentation fault or a buffer overflow. 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 read operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-27938
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Version unspecified and below 10.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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