Apple macOS Web memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-54534. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Web Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.2, iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, watchOS 11.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-54534 since 12/03/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213685 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:0043-1)), 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 (213685) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0815). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Debian Linux
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• Open Source OpenJDK
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• SUSE openSUSE
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• Azul Zulu
• Hitachi Command Suite
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• Oracle Java SE
• Oracle GraalVM
• Amazon Corretto
• IBM Semeru Runtime
• IBM Integration Bus
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• IBM Installation Manager
• IBM App Connect Enterprise
• IBM License Metric Tool
• IBM Security Verify Access
• IBM TXSeries
• HCL BigFix
• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
• IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
• IBM Tivoli Network Manager

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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