CVE-2024-23225
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 27 March 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 6 March 2024 · due 27 March 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 1.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214083, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214085, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214087, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214088 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23225
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120880Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120884Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120886Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/23Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214082Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214085Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214086Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214087Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214088Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23225US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.