Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | < 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Apple | macOS | < 13.6.8, < 14.6 | 13.6.8 |
| Apple | tvOS | < 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Apple | watchOS | < 10.6 | 10.6 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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w0wbox/CVE-2024-40815 ★ 13 · Jan 31, 2025
POC for CVE-2024-40815 (Construction is in its final stage ==IOS 17.0)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2024-1725 Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jan 11, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-1724 Apple iOS und iPadOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 24, 2025
- NCSC-2024-0320 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Apple MacOS NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Jul 30, 2024
- NCSC-2024-0319 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Apple iOS en iPadOS NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Jul 30, 2024