CVE-2024-23249 Denial of service in macOS
Processing a malicious file in macOS can cause a denial of service or disclose memory contents, requiring an OS upgrade.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-23249?
CVE-2024-23249 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 8 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. Processing a file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents.
Weakness: CWE-404
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23249?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23249?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-23249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23249 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2cw-j27w-3f6m.