CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.

The 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's self-reported version number.

Versions of iTunes earlier than 12.3 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities which include :

 - A flaw exists in Microsoft Foundation Class's handling of library loading due to the use of a fixed path.  An attacker can place a custom version of the file or library in the path, and the program will load it before the legitimate version.  Thus, an attacker can leverage this flaw to execute custom code. (CVE-2010-3190)
 - International Components for Unicode for C/C++ (ICU4C) contains several flaws.  An overflow condition exists in the resolveImplicitLevels() function in 'ubidi.c', which is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. Additionally, an integer truncation flaw exists in the same function in 'ubidi.c'.   Either flaw may allow an attacker to crash an application linked against the library or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8146, CVE-2014-8147, CVE-2015-5922)
 - A flaw exists in CoreText that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling text and font files. This may allow a context-dependent attacker can corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1157, CVE-2015-5874, CVE-2015-3686, CVE-2015-3687, CVE-2015-3688, CVE-2015-5755, CVE-2015-5761)
 - A flaw exists that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1153, CVE-2015-3730, CVE-2015-3731, CVE-2015-3733, CVE-2015-3734, CVE-2015-3735, CVE-2015-3736, CVE-2015-3737, CVE-2015-3738, CVE-2015-3739, CVE-2015-3740, CVE-2015-3741, CVE-2015-3742, CVE-2015-3743, CVE-2015-3744, CVE-2015-3745, CVE-2015-3746, CVE-2015-3747, CVE-2015-3748, CVE-2015-3749, CVE-2015-5789, CVE-2015-5790, CVE-2015-5791, CVE-2015-5792, CVE-2015-5793, CVE-2015-5794, CVE-2015-5795, CVE-2015-5796, CVE-2015-5797, CVE-2015-5798, CVE-2015-5799, CVE-2015-5800, CVE-2015-5801, CVE-2015-5802, CVE-2015-5803, CVE-2015-5804, CVE-2015-5805, CVE-2015-5806, CVE-2015-5807, CVE-2015-5808, CVE-2015-5809, CVE-2015-5810, CVE-2015-5811, CVE-2015-5812, CVE-2015-5813, CVE-2015-5814, CVE-2015-5815, CVE-2015-5816, CVE-2015-5817, CVE-2015-5818, CVE-2015-5819, CVE-2015-5821, CVE-2015-5822, CVE-2015-5823)
 - An unspecified flaw exists that is triggered during the handling of network connection redirects. This may allow a remote man-in-the-middle attacker to gain access to hashed SMB credential information. (CVE-2015-5920)

The remote host is running a version of iOS that is prior to version 8.4.0 and the following components contain vulnerabilities :

 - Application Store 
 - Certificate Trust Policy 
 - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication 
 - CoreGraphics 
 - CoreText 
 - coreTLS 
 - DiskImages 
 - FontParser 
 - ImageIO 
 - Kernel 
 - Mail 
 - MobileInstallation 
 - Safari 
 - Security 
 - SQLite 
 - Telephony 
 - WebKit 
 - WiFi Connectivity 


The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to version 10.10.4 and the following components contain vulnerabilities :

  - Admin Framework 
-  afpserver 
 - apache 
 - AppleFSCompression 
 - AppleGraphicsControl 
 - AppleThunderboltEDMService 
 - ATS 
 - Bluetooth 
 - Certificate Trust Policy 
 - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication 
 - CoreText 
 - coreTLS 
 - DiskImages 
 - Display Drivers 
 - EFI 
 - FontParser 
 - Graphics Driver 
 - ImageIO 
 - Install Framework Legacy 
 - Intel Graphics Driver 
 - IOAcceleratorFamily 
 - IOFireWireFamily 
 - Kernel 
 - kext tools 
 - Mail 
 - ntfs 
 - ntp 
 - OpenSSL 
 - QuickTime 
 - Security 
 - Spotlight 
 - SQLite 
 - System Stats 
 - TrueTypeScaler 
 - zip

The 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's self-reported version number.

The mobile device is running a version of iOS prior to version 8.4. It is, therefore, affected by vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Application Store
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication
  - CoreGraphics
  - CoreText
  - coreTLS
  - DiskImages
  - FontParser
  - ImageIO
  - Kernel
  - Mail
  - MobileInstallation
  - Safari
  - Security
  - SQLite
  - Telephony
  - WebKit
  - WiFi Connectivity

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 that is missing Security Update 2015-005. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Admin Framework
  - afpserver
  - apache
  - AppleFSCompression
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - AppleThunderboltEDMService
  - ATS
  - Bluetooth
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication
  - CoreText
  - coreTLS
  - DiskImages
  - Display Drivers
  - EFI
  - FontParser
  - Graphics Driver
  - ImageIO
  - Install Framework Legacy
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - Mail
  - ntfs
  - ntp
  - OpenSSL
  - QuickTime
  - Security
  - Spotlight
  - SQLite
  - System Stats
  - TrueTypeScaler
  - zip

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to 10.10.4. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Admin Framework
  - afpserver
  - apache
  - AppleFSCompression
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - AppleThunderboltEDMService
  - ATS
  - Bluetooth
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork HTTPAuthentication
  - CoreText
  - coreTLS
  - DiskImages
  - Display Drivers
  - EFI
  - FontParser
  - Graphics Driver
  - ImageIO
  - Install Framework Legacy
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - Mail
  - ntfs
  - ntp
  - OpenSSL
  - QuickTime
  - Security
  - Spotlight
  - SQLite
  - System Stats
  - TrueTypeScaler
  - zip

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
86601	Apple iTunes < 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)	Nessus	Peer-To-Peer File Sharing	high
8958	iTunes for Windows < 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
8977	Apple iOS < 8.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Mobile Devices	high
8801	Mac OS X < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection	critical
86001	Apple iTunes < 12.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)	Nessus	Windows	high
84490	Apple iOS < 8.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Logjam)	Nessus	Mobile Devices	high
84489	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-005) (GHOST) (Logjam)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
84488	Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2015-1157

high

Tenable Plugins

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critical

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critical

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