🛡️ CVE-2024-44139 — ipad-os

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. 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:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• 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-2024-44139 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-44139 is recorded against 2 packages.

• ipad-os (fixed in 18.0)
• iphone-os (fixed in 18.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 September 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
seclists.org

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:

• CVE-2023-42977 (7.8 High, published 11 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2025-24203 (5.0 Medium, published 31 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2024-44297 (6.5 Medium, published 28 Oct 2024)
• CVE-2023-42974 (7.0 High, published 28 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-23293 (4.6 Medium, published 8 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-23239 (4.7 Medium, published 8 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-23254 (6.5 Medium, published 8 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-23280 (6.5 Medium, published 8 Mar 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information) in other software:

• CVE-2023-41050 (6.8 Medium, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-24886 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-30776 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-35625 (4.7 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-3517 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2015-9543 (2.0 Low, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2015-8749 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-3954 (published 6 Jul 2026)

Details

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References