CVE-2024-40816 Denial of service in macOS
A local attacker can cause an unexpected system shutdown in macOS due to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40816?
CVE-2024-40816 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40816?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40816 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-2024-40816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmm6-xq62-rq3v.