Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40817

Medium

Published: 29 July 2024

Published
29 July 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.2th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40817 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (CWE-1021) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing.

CWE(s)
CWE-1021

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
safari
≤ 17.6
apple
macos
12.0 — 12.7.6 · 13.0 — 13.6.8 · 14.0 — 14.6

Mitigating Controls

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

References