CVE-2024-23225: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 6 Mar 2024, 1 day after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 1.5%
EPSS score, percentile 73.8 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 7.8 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 27 Mar 2024. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 16.7.6
- before 17.4
- before 12.7.4
- before 13.6.5
- before 14.4
- before 17.4
and 2 more in the table below
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: 27 March 2024.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214083
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214085
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 16.7.6 |
| Affected | before 17.4 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 12.7.4 |
| Affected | before 13.6.5 |
| Affected | before 14.4 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 17.4 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 1.1 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 10.4 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS kernel contain a memory corruption vulnerability that allows an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability to bypass kernel memory protections.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2024-23225 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 6 Mar 2024.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 27 Mar 2024.
- The CVE record was published on 5 Mar 2024, 1 day before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.5% (percentile 73.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4. An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2024 | CVE record published |
| 6 Mar 2024 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 27 Mar 2024 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 2 Apr 2026 | CVE record last updated |
References
- support.apple.com
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