Apple Addresses Issue with URL Protocol Handling

CVE-2024-44206

9.3CRITICAL

Key Information

Vendor: Apple
Status: Watch OS; Mac OS; Safari; iOS And iPad OS
Vendor: CVE Published:; 24 October 2024

Summary

An issue in the handling of URL protocols was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, Safari 17.6, watchOS 10.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. A user may be able to bypass some web content restrictions.

Affected Version(s)

watchOS < 10.6

macOS < 14.6

Safari < 17.6

CVSS V3.1

Score:

9.3

Severity:

CRITICAL

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

Low

Availability:

None

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Changed

Timeline

Vulnerability published.
Oct 24, 2024
Vulnerability Reserved.
Aug 20, 2024

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