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CVE-2024-23225

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 1.48%

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 · 72th percentile
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

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.