CVE-2024-44261 Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS
An attacker can view restricted content from the lock screen on Apple mobile devices due to insufficient restrictions on locked device options.
- 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-2024-44261?
CVE-2024-44261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 28 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44261?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.
How do I fix CVE-2024-44261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-44261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44261 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 GHSA-56p5-vxgw-jc2g.