CVE-2024-44244 Memory corruption in Safari
Attackers can cause a process crash by tricking users into visiting malicious web content in Apple Safari and related operating systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-44244?
CVE-2024-44244 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 28 Oct 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
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44244?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Safari, Apple Tvos, Apple Visionos and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-44244?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-44244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44244, GHSA-jpwg-q62q-pwpw, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44244.