Resource exhaustion in Apple iOS And Ipados
CVE-2024-54538
A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apple iOS And Ipados — versions 0
- Apple Ipados
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple macOS — versions 0
- Apple tvOS — versions 0
- Apple Visionos — versions 0
- Apple watchOS — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/121563 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121564
- support.apple.com/en-us/121565 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121566 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121567 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121568 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121569 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/121570 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-54538?
- CVE-2024-54538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-20.
- How severe is CVE-2024-54538?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-54538 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.