CVE-2024-27852: Input Validation

Published May 13, 2024
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Updated

A privacy issue was addressed with improved client ID handling for alternative app marketplaces. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5. A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to distribute a script that tracks users on other webpages.

Other sources

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

— Apple

AppleAVD. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AVEVideoEncoder. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Core Data. An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables.

— Apple

CoreMedia. An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

— Apple

Credit

Talal Haj Bakry(Mysk Inc), Tommy Mysk@@mysk_co(Mysk Inc), Junsung Lee(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher(MIT CSAIL), (MIT CSAIL), Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Pr(Bar), Pr(Hebrew University), EP, Nick Wellnhofer, Gil Pedersen, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Daniel Zajork, Joshua Zajork, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitsmm(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Andr.Ess, Adam Berry, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Kirin@@Pwnrin, LFY@@secsys, 小来来@@Smi1eSEC, yulige, Snoolie Keffaber@@0xilis, Robert Reichel, Srijan Poudel, CVE-2024-27806, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Bhopal), Romy R., ajajfxhj, Maksymilian Motyl(Immunity Systems), 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, Amir Bazine(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Karsten König(CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations), Lucas Monteiro, Daniel Monteiro, Felipe Monteiro, Alexander Heinrich, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt@@Sn0wfreeze, Shai Mishali@@freak4pc, CertiK SkyFall Team, Minghao Lin(Baidu Security), (Baidu Security), Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security)

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS and iPadOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.5
17.5
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.5
iPhone OS<17.5

Event History

May 13, 2024
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
May 14, 2024
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:13 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-27852?

CVE-2024-27852 is classified as a privacy issue that could allow tracking of users through malicious scripts.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-27852?

To mitigate CVE-2024-27852, update your device to iOS 17.5 or iPadOS 17.5.

3

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27852?

CVE-2024-27852 affects versions of iOS and iPadOS prior to 17.5.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-27852?

CVE-2024-27852 is primarily a privacy vulnerability related to client ID handling.

5

What devices are vulnerable to CVE-2024-27852?

CVE-2024-27852 impacts Apple devices running iOS and iPadOS versions below 17.5.

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