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🛡️ CVE-2024-23242 — ipad-os

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-532 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A privacy issue was addressed by not logging contents of text fields. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to view Mail data.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-23242 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2024-23242 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • ipad-os (fixed in 17.4)
  • iphone-os (fixed in 17.4)
  • macos (from 14.0 up to 14.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 8 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.apple.com
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seclists.org
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Other advisories for this package

ipad-os has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-532
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipad-os 17.4
iphone-os 17.4
macos 14.0 14.4

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