Apple visionOS Video File memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Video File Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-44234. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple visionOS (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Video File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-44234 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/07/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211697 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (121570)), 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 (211697) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3291). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Apple macOS

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• Operating System

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• Apple

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• visionOS

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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