Apple visionOS protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes protection mechanism. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-44296. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple visionOS (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1, iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-44296 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/07/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210137 (Fedora 39 : webkitgtk (2024-0f8a88da75)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (210137) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3291). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Apple macOS

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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ADP CISA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 210137
Nessus Name: Fedora 39 : webkitgtk (2024-0f8a88da75)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/20/2024 🔍
10/28/2024 +69 days 🔍
10/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/07/2026 +526 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-44296 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-44296
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282133
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2024-3291 - Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2024 22:21
Updated: 04/07/2026 07:04
Changes: 10/28/2024 22:21 (51), 10/30/2024 11:26 (1), 11/04/2024 12:15 (2), 11/14/2024 17:16 (20), 03/02/2025 18:07 (4), 09/01/2025 02:55 (7), 04/07/2026 07:04 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:F7E:103

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