This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00635.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple Safari affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 17.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 16.7.9
0 affected < 17.6
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 14.6
Apple tvOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 17.6
Apple visionOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 1.3
Apple watchOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 10.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3864-1 webkit2gtk security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5762-1 webkit2gtk security update
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/15 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/23 cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00006.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40785 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120908 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120909 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120913 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120914 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120915 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120916 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214121 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214122 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214123 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214116 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214117 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214122 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214124 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40785 cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack. This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack.
References

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple safari
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple safari
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T18:18:06.904Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.689Z

Link: CVE-2024-40785

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:23:28.318Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:11.997

Modified: 2026-04-02T19:17:43.467

Link: CVE-2024-40785

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40785 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses