CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40771
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 16.7.8)
• apple ipados (>= 17.0 < 17.5)
• apple iphone os (< 16.7.8)
• apple iphone os (>= 17.0 < 17.5)
• apple macos (< 13.6.7)
• apple macos (>= 12.0 < 12.7.5)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.6.7)
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.5)
• apple tvos (< 17.5)
• apple visionos (< 1.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120899 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120901 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120902 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120906 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory