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CVE-2024-54478 (GCVE-0-2024-54478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-27 21:46 – Updated: 2026-06-03 14:21
VLAI
Summary
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, watchOS 11.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-28 14:50 UTC
CWE
  • Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: 0 , < 18.2 (custom)
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Apple iPadOS Affected: 0 , < 17.7.4 (custom)
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Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 14.7.2 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 15.2 (custom)
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Apple tvOS Affected: 0 , < 18.2 (custom)
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Apple visionOS Affected: 0 , < 2.2 (custom)
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Apple watchOS Affected: 0 , < 11.2 (custom)
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