CVE-2024-44278 Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS
A sandboxed app can access sensitive user data in system logs due to insufficient redaction, affecting Apple operating systems.
- 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-2024-44278?
CVE-2024-44278 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
An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system logs.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44278?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Visionos, Apple Watchos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-44278?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-44278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44278 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-xvc9-v5hw-8v8j.