High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-40815
CVE-2024-40815
Description
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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.6
- (no CPE)range: <=17.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13.6.8
- (no CPE)range: <=14.5 (Sonoma), <=13.6.7 (Ventura)
- Range: <=17.5
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References
20- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214122nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120909nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/120911nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/120912nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/120914nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/120916nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214117nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214119nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214120nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214122nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214124nvd
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