Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-23286

High

Published: 08 March 2024

Published
08 March 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0076 73.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-23286 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. 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.…

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Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

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
12.0 — 12.7.4 · 13.0 — 13.6.5 · 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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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