CVE-2024-23296
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 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, 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
- 1.41% probability · 71th 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/HT214084, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214088 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23296
References
- 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/120893Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21Mailing 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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214081Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214086Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214087Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214088Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214100Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214107Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23296US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.