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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-40788

A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.32% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-843
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com

References

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