Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2024-44141

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. A person with physical access to an unlocked Mac may be able to gain root code execution.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-44141: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44141?
CVE-2024-44141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-44141?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-44141 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.