Apple iOS/iPadOS sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-23278. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, tvOS 17.4, watchOS 10.4. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The weakness was published 03/08/2024. The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-23278 since 01/12/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/03/2026). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2024 🔍
03/08/2024 +56 days 🔍
03/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2026 +756 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256220
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2024 07:23
Updated: 04/03/2026 10:13
Changes: 03/08/2024 07:23 (39), 12/07/2024 03:28 (36), 04/03/2026 10:13 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:AE4:103

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