CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $25k-$100k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to heap corruption.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-44218 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/28/2024).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔒VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔒
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/20/2024 CVE reserved10/28/2024 Advisory disclosed
10/28/2024 VulDB entry created
10/28/2024 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-44218 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
Entry
Created: 10/28/2024 10:45 PMChanges: 10/28/2024 10:45 PM (55)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 34:FDE:40
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