CVE-2024-44218

Oct. 29, 2024, 8:35 p.m.

Tags

CWE-120
product-security@apple.com
2024-10-28
CVE-2024-44218

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

macOS Sonoma

  • 14.7.1

iOS

  • 17.7.1
  • 18.1

iPadOS

  • 17.7.1
  • 18.1

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to heap corruption.

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

CWE ID: 120

Date

Published: Oct. 28, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 29, 2024, 8:35 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

product-security@apple.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121563
product-security@apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121567
product-security@apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570
product-security@apple.com