Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 17.4 File denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 17.4 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-27856. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 17.4. This affects an unknown part of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-27856 since 02/26/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216648 (SUSE SLES15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:0638-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216648). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 216648
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2025:0638-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/26/2024 🔍
01/15/2025 +324 days 🔍
01/15/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/08/2026 +448 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27856 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292071
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2025 21:18
Updated: 04/08/2026 06:01
Changes: 01/15/2025 21:18 (56), 02/10/2025 22:37 (3), 02/22/2025 14:47 (2), 03/14/2025 15:32 (11), 04/08/2026 06:01 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:231:103

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