Advisory Details

December 10th, 2018

Apple macOS AMDFramebuffer Integer Overflow Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-18-1364
ZDI-CAN-7302

CVE ID CVE-2018-4462
CVSS SCORE 5.5, AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS OS X
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Apple macOS. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of the getPixelInformationFromTiming method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before reading from memory. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to escalate privileges in the context of the kernel.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209341
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-09-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-12-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Lilang Wu, Moony Li of TrendMicro Mobile Security Research Team
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