Threats / Apple / CVE-2024-23225
CVE-2024-23225
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apple Multiple Products vulnerability
Apple kernel memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-787) affecting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS allows attackers with kernel-level access to bypass memory protections.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A kernel memory corruption flaw in multiple Apple platforms enables privilege escalation and security control bypass for attackers who achieve initial kernel code execution. Active exploitation observed in the wild.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-03-06).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.01481 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apple, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I exploit a separate vulnerability to gain initial kernel code execution on the target device.
Business
Attackers establish a foothold in the kernel execution context, bypassing user-space isolation.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I leverage the memory corruption flaw to read and write arbitrary kernel memory, circumventing kernel memory protections.
Business
Security boundaries designed to protect kernel integrity are rendered ineffective.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I modify kernel data structures to escalate privileges or disable security mechanisms.
Business
Complete compromise of device security posture; attacker gains unrestricted system control.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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