CVE-2024-40771
An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- 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
- 0.18% probability · 7th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120899Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120901Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120902Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120906Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.