CVE-2024-27823: Race Condition

Published May 13, 2024
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Updated

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.5. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to spoof network packets.

Other sources

AirDrop. This issue was addressed through improved state management.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AppleAVD. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

— Apple

Credit

Pr(Bar), Pr(Hebrew University), EP, Amir Bazine(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Karsten König(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), an anonymous researcher, CertiK SkyFall Team, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), an anonymous researcher(MIT CSAIL), (MIT CSAIL), Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Nick Wellnhofer, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Daniel Zajork, Joshua Zajork, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitsmm(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, CVE-2024-27806, Maksymilian Motyl(Immunity Systems), Junsung Lee(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ajajfxhj, Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Emilio Cobos(Mozilla), Lukas Bernhard(CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Joe Rutkowski@@Joe12387(Crawless), @@abrahamjuliot, Jeff Johnson(underpassapp), Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM, Kirin@@Pwnrin, 小来来@@Smi1eSEC, pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), Minghao Lin(Baidu Security), (Baidu Security), Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Gil Pedersen, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dalibor Milanovic, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), LFY@@secsys, yulige, Snoolie Keffaber@@0xilis, Robert Reichel, Yann GASCUEL(Alter Solutions), Joshua Jewett@@JoshJewett33, Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Scott Johnson(RIPEDA Consulting), Mykola Grymalyuk(RIPEDA Consulting), Jordy Witteman, Carlos Polop, Narendra Bhati(Suma Soft Pvt), Shaheen Fazim, Pwn2car(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), (Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Ron Masas(Imperva), CVE-2023-6277, CVE-2023-52356, Yisumi, (CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Gandalf4a, Minghao Lin(Zhejiang University), Jiaxun Zhu(Zhejiang University), Hanqiu Wang(University of Florida), Zihao Zhan(Texas Tech University), Haoqi Shan(Certik), Siqi Dai(University of Florida), Max Panoff(University of Florida), (University of Florida), Shuo Wang(University of Florida), Huang Xilin(Ant Group Light), Maksymilian Motyl, Johan Carlsson (joaxcar), Seunghyun Lee@@0x10n(KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Gary Kwong, Andreas Jaegersberger, Ro Achterberg, D4m0n, Linwz(DEVCORE), Minghao Lin, Talal Haj Bakry(Mysk Inc), Tommy Mysk@@mysk_co(Mysk Inc), Andr.Ess, Adam Berry, Srijan Poudel, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal), Romy R., Lucas Monteiro, Daniel Monteiro, Felipe Monteiro, Alexander Heinrich, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt@@Sn0wfreeze, Shai Mishali@@freak4pc, CVE-2024-23296, an anonymous researcher(Concentrix), 凯 王(Concentrix), Steven Maser(Concentrix), Matthew McLean(Concentrix), Brandon Chesser(Concentrix), CPU IT inc(Concentrix), (Concentrix), Avalon IT Team(Concentrix)

Affected Software

20 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.5
14.5
Apple tvOS<17.5
17.5
Apple WatchOS<10.5
10.5
Apple visionOS<1.3
1.3
Apple macOS Monterey<12.7.5
12.7.5
Apple macOS Ventura<13.6.7
13.6.7
Apple iOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iPadOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iOS<16.7.8
16.7.8
Apple iPadOS<16.7.8
16.7.8
Apple iPadOS<16.7.8
Apple iPadOS>=17.0<17.5
Apple iPhone OS<16.7.8
Apple iPhone OS>=17.0<17.5
Apple macOS<12.7.5
Apple macOS>=13.0<13.6.7
Apple macOS>=14.0<14.5
Apple tvOS<17.5
Apple visionOS<1.3
Apple WatchOS<10.5

Event History

May 13, 2024
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Jul 29, 2024
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:16 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:16 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-27823?

CVE-2024-27823 is classified as a vulnerability that can potentially allow an attacker in a privileged network position to exploit a race condition.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-27823?

To fix CVE-2024-27823, upgrade to the latest versions of affected operating systems such as macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 17.5, or iPadOS 17.5.

3

Which Apple products are affected by CVE-2024-27823?

CVE-2024-27823 affects several Apple products including macOS Monterey, watchOS, iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and tvOS.

4

Is there a workaround for CVE-2024-27823?

There are no known workarounds for CVE-2024-27823 other than applying the necessary software updates.

5

What types of attacks can CVE-2024-27823 facilitate?

CVE-2024-27823 could potentially facilitate attacks that exploit the race condition to gain unauthorized access in a privileged network.

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