CVE-2024-27804: High severity Apple macOS Sonoma vulnerability

Published May 13, 2024
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Updated

AirDrop. This issue was addressed through improved state management.

Other sources

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AppleAVD. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

— MITRE

Credit

Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, an anonymous researcher, Kirin@@Pwnrin, 小来来@@Smi1eSEC, pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), Amir Bazine(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Karsten König(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), CertiK SkyFall Team, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), an anonymous researcher(MIT CSAIL), (MIT CSAIL), Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Pr(Bar), Pr(Hebrew University), EP, Nick Wellnhofer, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Daniel Zajork, Joshua Zajork, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitsmm(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2024-27806, Maksymilian Motyl(Immunity Systems), Junsung Lee(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ajajfxhj, Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Emilio Cobos(Mozilla), Lukas Bernhard(CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Joe Rutkowski@@Joe12387(Crawless), @@abrahamjuliot, Jeff Johnson(underpassapp), Minghao Lin(Baidu Security), (Baidu Security), Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Gil Pedersen, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dalibor Milanovic, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), LFY@@secsys, yulige, Snoolie Keffaber@@0xilis, Robert Reichel, Pwn2car(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), (Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Ron Masas(Imperva), Scott Johnson(RIPEDA Consulting), Mykola Grymalyuk(RIPEDA Consulting), Jordy Witteman, Carlos Polop, Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Narendra Bhati(Suma Soft Pvt), Shaheen Fazim, Yann GASCUEL(Alter Solutions), D4m0n, CVE-2023-6277, CVE-2023-52356, Yisumi, (CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Gandalf4a, Minghao Lin(Zhejiang University), Jiaxun Zhu(Zhejiang University), Hanqiu Wang(University of Florida), Zihao Zhan(Texas Tech University), Haoqi Shan(Certik), Siqi Dai(University of Florida), Max Panoff(University of Florida), (University of Florida), Shuo Wang(University of Florida), Huang Xilin(Ant Group Light), Maksymilian Motyl, Johan Carlsson (joaxcar), Seunghyun Lee@@0x10n(KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Gary Kwong, Andreas Jaegersberger, Ro Achterberg, Linwz(DEVCORE), Minghao Lin, Lucas Monteiro, Daniel Monteiro, Felipe Monteiro, Alexander Heinrich, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt@@Sn0wfreeze, Shai Mishali@@freak4pc, Talal Haj Bakry(Mysk Inc), Tommy Mysk@@mysk_co(Mysk Inc), Andr.Ess, Adam Berry, Srijan Poudel, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal), Romy R.

Affected Software

13 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.5
14.5
Apple tvOS<17.5
17.5
Apple WatchOS<10.5
10.5
Apple visionOS<1.3
1.3
Apple iOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iPadOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iPadOS<17.5
Apple iPhone OS<17.5
Apple macOS>=14.0<14.5
Apple tvOS<17.5
Apple visionOS<1.3
Apple visionOS=1.3
Apple WatchOS<10.5

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.5
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade tvOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.5
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 10.5
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade visionOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.3
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.5
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.5
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.3
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.5
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.5
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.5
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sonoma to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.5
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade watchOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 10.5

Event History

May 13, 2024
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
May 14, 2024
Exploit Published
via GitHub·02:17 PM
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:13 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-27804?

The severity of CVE-2024-27804 is not specified but vulnerabilities related to memory handling are typically considered serious.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-27804?

To fix CVE-2024-27804, update your device to the latest version, specifically iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, or macOS Sonoma 14.5.

3

What devices are affected by CVE-2024-27804?

CVE-2024-27804 affects devices running iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS versions prior to the specified fixes.

4

What type of issue is CVE-2024-27804 related to?

CVE-2024-27804 is related to improved memory handling in Apple's Neural Engine and AppleAVD.

5

Is CVE-2024-27804 a hardware or software issue?

CVE-2024-27804 is a software issue affecting Apple's operating systems and algorithms.

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