Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-54506

Critical

Published: 12 December 2024

Published
12 December 2024
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 63.9th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-54506 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
macos
≤ 15.2

Mitigating Controls

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

References