Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-27796

High

Published: 14 May 2024

Published
14 May 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0007 21.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-27796 is a high-severity Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation (CWE-1325) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 21.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. An attacker may be able to elevate privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 16.7.8 · 17.0 — 17.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 16.7.8 · 17.0 — 17.5
apple
macos
12.0 — 12.7.5 · 13.0 — 13.6.7 · 14.0 — 14.5

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References