Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2024· Updated Apr 2, 2026

CVE-2024-44273

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may be able to access private information.

Affected products

Apple Inc./Ipados
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <18.1
Apple Inc./Iphone Os
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <18.1
Apple Inc./macOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <14.7.1
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <18.1
Apple Inc./Visionos
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2.1
Apple Inc./watchOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <11.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121563nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121565nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121566nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121569nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121570nvdVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/15nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/16nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/9nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/121564nvd

News mentions

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