Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2024 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2024-27871
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal 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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | 0 – before 17.6 |
| Apple | macOS | 0 – before 14.6 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120909
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214117