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CVE-2024-23225

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.00222
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0

Required Remediation

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

10
apple ipados< 16.7.6
apple ipados>= 17.0 and < 17.4
apple iphone os>= 17.0 and < 17.4
apple macos>= 12.0 and < 12.7.4
apple macos>= 13.0 and < 13.6.5
apple macos>= 14.0 and < 14.4

Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · product-security@apple.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD05 Mar 2024 · 08:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

9
apple-security120895
apple-security120886
apple-security120884
apple-security120881
apple-security120882
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References & Sources

18
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/19Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/23Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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