Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40829

Medium

Published: 29 July 2024

Published
29 July 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0040 61.1th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40829 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.9% 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 checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, watchOS 10.6. An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 16.7.9 · 17.0 — 17.6
apple
iphone os
≤ 16.7.9 · 17.0 — 17.6
apple
macos
13.0 — 13.6.8
apple
watchos
≤ 10.6

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-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References