Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-27828

Memory Safety in Apple Ipados ≤ 17.5

Published
10 June 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 18th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-27828 is a high-severity Access of Memory Location Before Start of Buffer (CWE-786) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 18th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 17.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 17.5
apple
tvos
≤ 17.5
apple
visionos
≤ 1.2
apple
watchos
≤ 17.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent buffer underflows via safe coding, bounds checks, and analysis, but eliminating only this CWE covers a narrow slice of the control's broader intent.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development can detect and eliminate pre-buffer memory accesses before release.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes buffer-boundary checks that reduce out-of-bounds reads before buffer start.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate bounds checking and pointer validation to prevent pre-buffer accesses.

prevents

Secure architecture principles promote safe memory handling and pointer arithmetic safeguards.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require bounds checking and pointer validation that prevent this weakness.

References