A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

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 iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 16.7.9
0 affected < 17.6
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 12.7.6
0 affected < 13.6.8
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:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
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/19 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 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://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/120910 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912 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/HT214118 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120 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/HT214118 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214122 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214124 cve-icon
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.
References

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Weaknesses CWE-843
CPEs 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 tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T18:20:36.623Z

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

Link: CVE-2024-40788

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:23:48.780Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:12.200

Modified: 2026-04-02T19:17:44.213

Link: CVE-2024-40788

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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