Published:2018/11/02  Last Updated:2018/11/02

JVN#96551318
Mail app for iOS vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview

Mail app for iOS contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Mail app for iOS

Description

Mail app for iOS provided by Apple contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability due to an issue in the handling of a maliciously crafted S/MIME signed message.

Impact

Mail app may continuously crash when a maliciously crafted S/MIME signed message is listed on it.

Solution

Update iOS
Update iOS to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score: 7.5
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base Score: 5.0
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Yukinobu Nagayasu of LAC Co., Ltd. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2018-4400
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2018-000116