Apple visionOS Web Content denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Content Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-44185. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Content 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:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-44185 since 08/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211602 (RockyLinux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2024:9636)), 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 (211602). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211602
Nessus Name: RockyLinux 8 : webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2024:9636)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/20/2024 🔍
10/24/2024 +65 days 🔍
10/24/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/06/2026 +529 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-44185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-44185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-281714

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2024 19:10
Updated: 04/06/2026 16:58
Changes: 10/24/2024 19:10 (53), 10/24/2024 19:12 (2), 11/05/2024 07:18 (21), 11/20/2024 02:16 (2), 03/03/2025 03:19 (4), 04/06/2026 16:58 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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