PT-2024-6524 · Apple+8 · Webkit+16

Huang Xilin · Published 2024-07-10 · Updated 2025-11-14 · CVE-2024-40776

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iOS versions prior to 16.7.9 iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.9 Safari versions prior to 17.6 iOS versions prior to 17.6 iPadOS versions prior to 17.6 watchOS versions prior to 10.6 tvOS versions prior to 17.6 visionOS versions prior to 1.3 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.6

Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free problem in the WebKit component, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Recommendations: For iOS versions prior to 16.7.9, update to iOS 16.7.9 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.9, update to iPadOS 16.7.9 or later. For Safari versions prior to 17.6, update to Safari 17.6 or later. For iOS versions prior to 17.6, update to iOS 17.6 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 17.6, update to iPadOS 17.6 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 10.6, update to watchOS 10.6 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 17.6, update to tvOS 17.6 or later. For visionOS versions prior to 1.3, update to visionOS 1.3 or later. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.6, update to macOS Sonoma 14.6 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:8180

BDU:2024-07666

CVE-2024-40776

DLA-3864-1

DSA-5762-1

INFSA-2024_8180

MGASA-2025-0291

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2905-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3091-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3109-1

RHSA-2024:8180

RHSA-2024:8492

RHSA-2024:8496

RHSA-2024:9653

RHSA-2024:9679

RHSA-2024:9680

RHSA-2024_8180

RHSA-2025:10364

RLSA-2024:8180

SUSE-SU-2024:2905-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2949-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3005-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3052-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3091-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3109-1

SUSE-SU-2024_2905-1

SUSE-SU-2024_2949-1

SUSE-SU-2024_3052-1

SUSE-SU-2024_3091-1

SUSE-SU-2024_3109-1

USN-6996-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Apple Macos

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Safari

Suse

Ubuntu

Webkit

Ios

Ipados

Macos Sonoma

Tvos

Visionos

Watchos

References · 126

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214122 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-4558 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:8180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-40776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3052-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5762-1 · Vendor Advisory