CVE-2024-23225
Apple Inc. · published 2024-03-05
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2024-03-06).
- CISA's name for it: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS kernel contain a memory corruption vulnerability that allows an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability to bypass kernel memory protections.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Apple Inc. via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | 0 – before 16.7.6: affected 0 – before 17.4: affected |
| Apple | macOS | 0 – before 12.7.4: affected 0 – before 13.6.5: affected 0 – before 14.4: affected |
| Apple | tvOS | 0 – before 17.4: affected |
| Apple | visionOS | 0 – before 1.1: affected |
| Apple | watchOS | 0 – before 10.4: affected |
Added by CISA-ADP (Authorized Data Publisher)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| apple | ipad_os | 17.0 – before 17.4: affected |
| apple | ipad_os | 0 – before 16.7.6: affected |
| apple | iphone_os | 0 – before 16.7.6: affected |
| apple | iphone_os | 17.0 – before 17.4: affected |
| apple | macos | 12.0.0 – before 12.7.4: affected |
| apple | macos | 13.0 – before 13.6.5: affected |
| apple | macos | 14.0 – before 14.4: affected |
| apple | tvos | 0 – before 17.4: affected |
| apple | visionos | 0 – before 1.1: affected |
| apple | watchos | 0 – before 10.4: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (6)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGH — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120880
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120884
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120886
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/19
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/26
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214082
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214085
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214086
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214087
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214088
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23225
Source dates: published 2024-03-05, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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