Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-23296

iOS and iPadOS

Apple / iOS and iPadOS · affected before 17.4

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Severity
CVSS 7.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
1.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-23296 is a vulnerability affecting Apple iOS and iPadOS and 4 other products. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.4...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Apple / iOS and iPadOS affected before 17.4.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.7, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4.

An attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass kernel memory protections. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.

apple Affected
ipad_os
Before 17.4
apple Affected
iphone_os
Before 17.4
apple Affected
macos
Before 14.4
apple Affected
tvos
Before 17.4
apple Affected
visionos
Before 1.1
apple Affected
watchos
Before 10.4
Apple Affected
iOS and iPadOS
Before 16.7.8 Before 17.4
Apple Affected
macOS
Before 12.7.6 Before 13.6.7 Before 14.4
Apple Affected
tvOS
Before 17.4
Apple Affected
visionOS
Before 1.1
Apple Affected
watchOS
Before 10.4
Published
05 Mar 2024
Exploitation Reported
06 Mar 2024
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

Tags

nessus_scanner ios cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 06 Mar 2024

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2024-03-06 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/214269 02 Jun 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.8 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 09:26 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  2. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 19:24 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 22:22 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-23296",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.01411,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}