Apple iPadOS Web Contents denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple iPadOS. This affects an unknown function of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-54497. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iPadOS (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Web Contents 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. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, watchOS 11.2. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-54497 since 12/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214661 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122069)), 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 (214661). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 214661
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122069)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/03/2024 🔍
01/28/2025 +56 days 🔍
01/28/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/08/2026 +435 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-54497 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-54497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293675

Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2025 07:12
Updated: 04/08/2026 08:50
Changes: 01/28/2025 07:12 (54), 01/28/2025 10:03 (2), 01/30/2025 20:23 (12), 02/08/2025 10:45 (3), 04/08/2026 08:50 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:516:103

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