🛡️ CVE-2024-40789
🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-125 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-125
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 — 14.6
safari — 17.6
tvos — 17.6
visionos — 1.3
watchos — 10.6

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/15
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/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
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214121
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214122
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214123
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214121

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