CVE-2024-40789 (GCVE-0-2024-40789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-29 22:16 – Updated: 2025-11-04 17:23
VLAI?
Summary
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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| Apple | Safari |
Affected:
unspecified , < 17.6
(custom)
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Nomenclature
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