CVE-2024-40815

HIGH 7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Vendor	apple
Product	ios and ipados
Ecosystems	iOS macOS
Industries	Technology
Published	Jul 29, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 2, 2026

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Affected Versions

Apple / iOS and iPadOS

0 < 17.6

Apple / macOS

0 < 13.6.8 0 < 14.6

Apple / tvOS

0 < 17.6

Apple / watchOS

0 < 10.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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