Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2024-44176

Vulnerability identifier: #VU97341

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44176

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in ImageIO. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.

macOS
visionOS
watchOS
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS

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macOS - addressed in versions 14.7 23H124, 13.7 22H123, 15.0 24A335
visionOS - update to 2.0
watchOS - update to 11.0
tvOS - update to 18.0
iPadOS - addressed in versions 17.7 21H16, 18.0 22A3354
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 17.7 21H16, 18.0 22A3354

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121247
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1283/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Sequoia
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS