Apple watchOS App denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component App Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-23201. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple watchOS (Smartwatch Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component App Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.3, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, tvOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

The weakness was released 03/08/2024. The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-23201 since 01/12/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215229 (macOS 12.x < 12.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120884)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215229). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 215229
Nessus Name: macOS 12.x < 12.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (120884)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2024 🔍
03/08/2024 +56 days 🔍
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04/03/2026 +756 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256106

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2024 06:53
Updated: 04/03/2026 02:03
Changes: 03/08/2024 06:53 (39), 11/01/2024 17:06 (27), 12/05/2024 21:13 (10), 02/10/2025 22:09 (2), 04/03/2026 02:03 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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