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Released October 28, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication.
CVE-2024-44274: Rizki Maulana (rmrizki.my.id), Matthew Butler, Jake Derouin
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to run arbitrary shortcuts without user consent
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2024-44255: an anonymous researcher
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2024-44232: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2024-44233: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2024-44234: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
Entry added November 1, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with access to calendar data could also read reminders
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2024-54535: K宝(@Pwnrin)
Entry added January 15, 2025
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2024-44273: pattern-f (@pattern_F_), Hikerell of Loadshine Lab
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44240: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2024-44302: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-44282: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-40854: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Entry added January 15, 2025
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing an image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44215: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2024-44297: Jex Amro
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2024-44299: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
CVE-2024-44241: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
CVE-2024-44242: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
Entry added December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2024-44285: an anonymous researcher
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox
Description: A custom URL scheme handling issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-40867: Ziyi Zhou (@Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Tianxiao Hou (@Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2024-44239: Mateusz Krzywicki (@krzywix)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a malicious crafted file may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44201: Ben Roeder
Entry added December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2024-44258: Hichem Maloufi, Christian Mina, Ismail Amzdak
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-44252: Nimrat Khalsa, Davis Dai, James Gill (@jjtech@infosec.exchange)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44277: an anonymous researcher and Yinyi Wu(@_3ndy1) from Dawn Security Lab of JD.com, Inc.
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2024-44259: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Private browsing may leak some browsing history
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2024-44229: Lucas Di Tomase
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to heap corruption
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44218: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2024-54538: Bing Shi, Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group, and Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington
Entry added December 19, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2024-44254: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A malicious app may use shortcuts to access restricted files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44269: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and an anonymous researcher
Entry updated December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to access contacts from the lock screen
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54470: Bistrit Dahal and Kenneth Chew
Entry added January 15, 2025
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2024-44194: Rodolphe Brunetti (@eisw0lf)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access may be able to access contact photos from the lock screen
Description: This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.
CVE-2024-40851: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Srijan Poudel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-44263: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 7feilee
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system logs
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2024-44278: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2024-44200: Cristian Dinca (icmd.tech)
Entry added December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2024-44251: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44235: Rizki Maulana (rmrizki.my.id), Dalibor Milanovic, Richard Hyunho Im (@richeeta) with Route Zero Security
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen
Description: This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.
CVE-2024-44261: Braylon (@softwarescool)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to determine a user’s current location
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2024-44290: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Entry added December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Cookies belonging to one origin may be sent to another origin
Description: A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 279226
CVE-2024-44212: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry added December 11, 2024
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 278765
CVE-2024-44296: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 279780
CVE-2024-44244: an anonymous researcher, Q1IQ (@q1iqF) and P1umer (@p1umer)
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup and CARRY for their assistance.
Entry updated December 11, 2024
We would like to acknowledge Kenneth Chew for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge K宝(@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup, Christian Scalese for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Amir Bazine and Karsten König of CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Collin Potter, M. Aman Shahid (@amansmughal), and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Entry updated January 15, 2025
We would like to acknowledge Patrick Wardle of DoubleYou & the Objective-See Foundation for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge David Coomber for their assistance.
Entry added January 15, 2025
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Bistrit Dahal for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge James Robertson, Kamil Bourouiba for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher and Jacob Compton for their assistance.
Entry updated December 11, 2024
We would like to acknowledge Jaydev Ahire for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge JS, Srijan Poudel, Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from LNCT Bhopal and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India, Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup and CARRY for their assistance.
Entry updated December 11, 2024
We would like to acknowledge Aaron Schlitt (@aaron_sfn) of Hasso Plattner Institute, Cybersecurity - Mobile & Wireless for their assistance.
Entry added January 15, 2025
We would like to acknowledge Bistrit Dahal for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from LNCT Bhopal and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal India and Siddharth Choubey for their assistance.
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Published Date: January 15, 2025