Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2024-44154

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in macOS 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 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.70 – before 15

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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