CVE-2024-54538

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: December 20, 2024 at 12:24 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:10 AM UTC

6 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1.0%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, tvOS 18.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, watchOS 11.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS · Apple

95%

v < 17.7.1v < 18.118.0 ≤ v < 18.1

Affected range stops below 17.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 18.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 17.7.118.0 ≤ v < 18.1

Affected range stops below 17.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 18.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 13.7.1v < 14.7.1v < 15.113.0 ≤ v < 13.7.114.0 ≤ v < 14.7.1

Affected range stops below 13.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 14.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

95%

v < 18.1

Affected range stops below 18.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

visionOS · Apple

95%

v < 2.1

Affected range stops below 2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 11.1

Affected range stops below 11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121563

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121565

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121566

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121567

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121569

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570

Source: cverecord

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-770

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