Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-27840

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory protections.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 16.7.80 – before 17.5
Apple macOS 0 – before 12.7.50 – before 13.6.7
Apple tvOS 0 – before 17.5
Apple visionOS 0 – before 1.2
Apple watchOS 0 – before 10.5

Weakness: CWE-786 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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