Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-23246

High

Published: 08 March 2024

Published
08 March 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 20.8th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-23246 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 20.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4. An app may be able to break…

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out of its sandbox.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 16.7.6 · 17.0 — 17.4
apple
iphone os
≤ 16.7.6 · 17.0 — 17.4
apple
macos
14.0 — 14.4
apple
tvos
≤ 17.4
apple
visionos
≤ 1.1
apple
watchos
≤ 10.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

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