CVE-2024-23225
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.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- support.apple.com/en-us/120880Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120881Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120882Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120883Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120884Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120886Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120893Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120895Release NotesVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/19Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Actively exploited. Patch immediately.
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Federal remediation deadline
- Overdue by 943 days
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS (30-day exploit probability)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- 1.Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- 2.Treat as emergency change: patch or isolate internet-facing instances first.
- 3.Hunt for compromise: review logs for the disclosure window, not just from the patch date.
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