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CVE-2024-40815

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.6 — fixed in 17.6
• Apple Iphone Os: before 17.6 — fixed in 17.6
• Apple macOS: before 13.6.8; from 14.0 before 14.6 — fixed in 13.6.8, 14.6
• Apple tvOS: before 17.6 — fixed in 17.6
• Apple watchOS: before 10.6 — fixed in 10.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 17.6; Apple Iphone Os 17.6; Apple macOS 13.6.8, 14.6; Apple tvOS 17.6; Apple watchOS 10.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120909
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120914
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120916
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119

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