Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-27842

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 14.5

Weakness: CWE-358 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106 x_transferred
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214106 x_transferred
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/12 x_transferred