Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-40782

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity use-after-free 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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.46.1-2.el9_4ALSA-2024:8180
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.46.1-2.el9_4ALSA-2024:8180
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.46.1-2.el9_4ALSA-2024:8180
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.46.1-2.el9_4ALSA-2024:8180
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.44.3-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.44.3-1~deb12u1DSA-5762-1
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.44.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.44.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Debian:13wpewebkit2.44.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Debian:14wpewebkit2.44.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40782
Rocky Linux:8webkit2gtk30:2.46.3-1.el8_10RLSA-2024:9636
Rocky Linux:9webkit2gtk30:2.46.1-2.el9_4RLSA-2024:8180
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40782
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40782
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6996-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40782
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40782
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-6996-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40782

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari 0 – before 17.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 16.7.90 – before 17.6
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.6
Apple tvOS 0 – before 17.6
Apple visionOS 0 – before 1.3
Apple watchOS 0 – before 10.6

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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