CVE-2024-23225

moderate-risk

Published 2024-03-05

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4. An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.

Do I need to act?

0.18% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild

On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Ipados

Iphone Os

Macos

Tvos

Visionos

Watchos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (26)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120880

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120884

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120886

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/19

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/23

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/26

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214082

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083

and 6 more references

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 8/34 · Low

Exposure 13/34 · Low