Apple macOS up to 14.7 Web Content integer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Content Handler. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-44198. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

An integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, tvOS 18, visionOS 2, watchOS 11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-44198 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/05/2026).

Upgrading to version 15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-40945). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 5.3
• 5.11
• 10.8.5
• 10.9.5
• 10.10
• 10.10.1
• 10.10.2
• 10.10.3
• 10.12
• 10.12.0
• 10.12.1
• 10.12.2
• 10.12.3
• 10.12.4
• 10.12.5
• 10.12.6
• 10.13
• 10.13.0
• 10.13.1
• 10.13.2
• 10.13.3
• 10.13.4
• 10.13.5
• 10.13.5 2018-003
• 10.13.6
• 10.14
• 10.14.1
• 10.14.2
• 10.14.4
• 10.14.5
• 10.14.6
• 10.15
• 10.15.0
• 10.15.1
• 10.15.2
• 10.15.3
• 10.15.4
• 10.15.5
• 10.15.6
• 10.15.7
• 11.0.1
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.3
• 11.3
• 11.3.1
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.6
• 11.7
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.5
• 11.7.9
• 12.0.1
• 12.1
• 12.2
• 12.2.1
• 12.3
• 12.3.1
• 12.4
• 12.5
• 12.5.1
• 12.6
• 12.6.2
• 12.6.3
• 12.6.4
• 12.6.7
• 12.6.8
• 12.7
• 12.7.1
• 12.7.5
• 12.7.6
• 13
• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.2.1
• 13.3
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 13.6.0
• 13.6.1
• 13.6.2
• 13.6.4
• 13.6.5
• 13.6.7
• 13.6.8
• 13.7
• 14
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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