CVE-2024-23296
Apple Multiple Products: Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2024-23296 in Apple Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 6 March 2024
- US federal deadline
- 27 March 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.01Higher than 71% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 6 March 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.apple.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 5 March 2024
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Multiple Products: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-86950Out-of-Bounds Write | Apple Multiple Products | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA; listed in the last 14 days | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-30860Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.76 | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2023-32434Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.52 | 0.52 | ||
| CVE-2019-8605Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2020-3837Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.15 | ||
| CVE-2019-8506Type Confusion | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.16 | ||
| CVE-2023-28205WebKit Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.27 | ||
| CVE-2021-30807Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.29 | ||
| CVE-2025-31200Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.19 | ||
| CVE-2025-24085Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.18 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org