Medium severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-27834
The issue was addressed with improved checks
5.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 17.5 · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
14.0 before 14.5 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39; 40 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
before 17.5 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
before 17.5 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
before 10.5 · source: NVD
WE
Webkitgtk · Webkitgtk
before 2.44.2 · source: NVD
WW
Wpe Webkit · Wpewebkit
before 2.44.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27834
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27834
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120896
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120898
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120901
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120902
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120903
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120905
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