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Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-27856

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity code injection 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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.46.0-2~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.46.0-2~deb12u1DSA-5792-1
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.46.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.46.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Debian:13wpewebkit2.46.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Debian:14wpewebkit2.46.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.46.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.46.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27856

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari 0 – before 17.5
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 16.7.80 – before 17.5
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.5
Apple tvOS 0 – before 17.5
Apple visionOS 0 – before 1.2
Apple watchOS 0 – before 10.5

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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