🛡️ CVE-2024-40788
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-843 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-843
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-07-29
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-04-02
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados 17.0 17.6
iphone-os 17.0 17.6
macos 14.0 14.6
tvos — 17.6
visionos — 1.3
watchos — 10.6

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/23

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