CVEs / CVE-2024-23296
CVE-2024-23296: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 6 Mar 2024
- high 7.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS RTKit contain a memory corruption vulnerability that allows an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability to bypass kernel memory protections.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, 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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS and iPadOS | before 16.7.8 | 16.7.8 |
| Apple iOS and iPadOS | before 17.4 | 17.4 |
| Apple macOS | before 12.7.6 | 12.7.6 |
| Apple macOS | before 13.6.7 | 13.6.7 |
| Apple macOS | before 14.4 | 14.4 |
| Apple tvOS | before 17.4 | 17.4 |
| Apple visionOS | before 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Apple watchOS | before 10.4 | 10.4 |
| apple ipad_os | before 17.4 | 17.4 |
| apple iphone_os | before 17.4 | 17.4 |
| apple macos | from 14.0, before 14.4 | 14.4 |
| apple tvos | before 17.4 | 17.4 |
| apple visionos | before 1.1 | 1.1 |
| apple watchos | before 10.4 | 10.4 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 6 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2024-23296 on NVD
- CVE-2024-23296 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214088 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214081 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214086 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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