Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-27842

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 0.0019 40.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-27842 is a high-severity Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard (CWE-358) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.3th 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 macOS Sonoma 14.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
macos
14.0 — 14.5

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-358

Assessments identify and document improperly implemented security checks, allowing fixes that reduce exploitation of flawed checks.

References