Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-44285

High

Published: 28 October 2024

Published
28 October 2024
Modified
02 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0137 80.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-44285 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt…

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kernel memory.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
18.0 — 18.1
apple
iphone os
18.0 — 18.1
apple
tvos
≤ 18.1
apple
visionos
≤ 2.1
apple
watchos
≤ 11.1

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

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

References