CVE-2024-27829 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2024-27829?

CVE-2024-27829 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 13 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.5. Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-788

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27829?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27829?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27829 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-27829 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27829 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cm5q-2h7w-xfc7.