Spoofing attack in Apple Safari - CVE-2024-40817

 

Spoofing attack in Apple Safari - CVE-2024-40817

Published: July 30, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94884
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40817
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can spoof page content.


Affected software

Apple Safari
macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2024-40817

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple Safari - update to 17.6
macOS - addressed in versions 12.7.6 21H1320, 13.6.8 22G820, 14.6 23G80

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