CVE-2024-40779 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Safari, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. It has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium) and could lead to an unexpected process crash when processing maliciously crafted web content. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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