CVE-2024-54506 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2024-54506?

CVE-2024-54506 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 11 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54506?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-54506?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54506 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-2024-54506 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54506 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• 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-7r2p-cp9x-c68f.