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high 7.5

CVE-2024-40815 json

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-38655

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 17.6
  • Apple macOS 13.6.8, 14.6
  • Apple tvOS 17.6
  • Apple watchOS 10.6
  • apple iphone_os 17.6
  • apple ipad_os 17.6

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple macOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple watchOS
  • apple iphone_os
  • apple ipad_os

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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