Apple Addresses Race Condition Vulnerability in macOS
CVE-2024-40815

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple
Status
iOS And iPad OS
Mac OS
Watch OS
TV OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 July 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-40815?

A race condition vulnerability has been identified in several Apple products, allowing a malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capabilities to potentially bypass Pointer Authentication. This issue was remedied through additional validation in updates for macOS Ventura, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest versions to mitigate associated security risks.

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Affected Version(s)

iOS and iPadOS < 17.6

macOS < 13.6

macOS < 14.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-40815
Created by w0wbox

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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