SB2024073066 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS
Published: July 30, 2024 Updated: March 21, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 24 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40788)
The vulnerability allows a local user to crash the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the OS kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the OS kernel.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40789)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the browser.
3) Universal cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40785)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40780)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40779)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40782)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40776)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
8) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40812)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in Shortcuts. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click on a specially crafted shortcut and bypass Internet permission requirements.
9) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40809)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in Shortcuts. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click on a specially crafted shortcut and bypass Internet permission requirements.
10) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27826)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Apple Neural Engine. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
11) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27863)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the OS kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
12) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40784)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in ImageIO. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted image file, trigger an integer overflow and crash the application.
13) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40777)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in ImageIO. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.
14) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40806)
The vulnerability allows a malicious application to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Family Sharing feature. A local application can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read sensitive location information.
15) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52356)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
16) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6277)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the TIFFOpen() API. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
17) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40799)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in CoreGraphics. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.
18) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27804)
The vulnerability allows a local application to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in AppleAVD. A local application can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
19) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27823)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
20) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40865)
The vulnerability allows a local application to alter virtual keyboard input.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in Presence when handling inputs to the virtual keyboard. A local application can abuse Persona to infer data passed to virtual keyboard.
21) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44185)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
22) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44206)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of URL in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into clicking on a specially crafted link and bypass certain content restrictions.
23) Protection mechanism failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54564)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures. A file received from AirDrop may not have the quarantine flag applied. This can help an attacker into tricking the victim to execute the file, as it will appear as safe for execution.
24) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54551)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger memory corruption and crash the application.
Remediation
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