CVE-2024-40854

published 2025-01-15

CVE-2024-40854: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS…

Priority P4 20 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C N I N A H

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Affected

15 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios_17.7.1_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ios_18.1_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ios_and_ipados	< 17.7.1	17.7.1
apple	ios_and_ipados	< 18.1	18.1
apple	ipados	< 17.7.1	17.7.1
apple	ipados	>= 18.0 < 18.1	18.1
apple	iphone_os	< 17.7.1	17.7.1
apple	iphone_os	>= 18.0 < 18.1	18.1
apple	macos	< 14.7.1	14.7.1
apple	macos	< 15.1	15.1
apple	macos	< 13.7.1	13.7.1
apple	macos	>= 14.0 < 14.7.1	14.7.1
apple	macos_sequoia	—	—
apple	macos_sonoma	—	—
apple	macos_ventura	—	—

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