The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, visionOS 1.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 16.7.8
0 affected < 17.5
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 12.7.5
0 affected < 13.6.7
0 affected < 14.5
Apple tvOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 17.5
Apple visionOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 1.2
Apple watchOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 10.5

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120899 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120900 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120901 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120902 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120906 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, visionOS 1.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple visionos

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-863
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, visionOS 1.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T18:21:09.648Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.686Z

Link: CVE-2024-40771

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-16T17:01:59.673Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-15T20:15:27.597

Modified: 2026-04-02T19:17:40.157

Link: CVE-2024-40771

cve-icon Redhat

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