iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 fix these security issues for iPhone and Mac
Apple regularly lists resolved vulnerabilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac after each software update. Right on cue, the company has released an extensive list of which security resolutions are included in today’s iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 software updates. As ever, we recommend updating as soon as possible to protect your devices from these security risks.
Here are the fixed provided today for iPhone, iPad, and Mac:
iOS 18.2
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54526: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Audio
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Muting a call while ringing may not result in mute being enabled
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-54503: Micheal Chukwu and an anonymous researcher
Crash Reporter
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-54513: an anonymous researcher
FontParser
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54486: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54500: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL
Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher
libexpat
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-45490
libxpc
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54514: an anonymous researcher
libxpc
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44225: 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy)
Passwords
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to alter network traffic
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
CVE-2024-54492: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. (@mysk_co)
Safari
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: On a device with Private Relay enabled, adding a website to the Safari Reading List may reveal the originating IP address to the website
Description: The issue was addressed with improved routing of Safari-originated requests.
CVE-2024-44246: Jacob Braun
SceneKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial of service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54501: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
VoiceOver
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view notification content from the lock screen
Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.
CVE-2024-54485: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram India
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 278497
CVE-2024-54479: Seunghyun Lee
WebKit Bugzilla: 281912
CVE-2024-54502: Brendon Tiszka of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282180
CVE-2024-54508: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab, Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282661
CVE-2024-54505: Gary Kwong
WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 277967
CVE-2024-54534: Tashita Software Security
macOS 15.2
Apple Software Restore
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54477: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji
AppleGraphicsControl
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44220: D4m0n
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54526: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A local attacker may gain access to user’s Keychain items
Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.
CVE-2024-54490: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Audio
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54529: Dillon Franke working with Google Project Zero
Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-54513: an anonymous researcher
Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-44300: an anonymous researcher
DiskArbitration
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-54466: Michael Cohen
Disk Utility
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Running a mount command may unexpectedly execute arbitrary code
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2024-54489: D’Angelo Gonzalez of CrowdStrike
FontParser
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54486: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Foundation
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-44291: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54500: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
IOMobileFrameBuffer
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2024-54506: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to bypass kASLR
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-54531: Hyerean Jang, Taehun Kim, and Youngjoo Shin
LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-54465: an anonymous researcher
libexpat
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-45490
libxpc
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54514: an anonymous researcher
libxpc
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44225: 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy)
Logging
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine a user’s current location
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging
CVE-2024-54491: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
MediaRemote
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging.
CVE-2024-54484: Meng Zhang (鲸落) of NorthSea
Notification Center
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2024-54504: 神罚(@Pwnrin)
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54474: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2024-54476: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Bohdan Stasiuk (@Bohdan_Stasiuk)
Passwords
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to alter network traffic
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
CVE-2024-54492: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. (@mysk_co)
Perl
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32395: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Safari
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: On a device with Private Relay enabled, adding a website to the Safari Reading List may reveal the originating IP address to the website
Description: The issue was addressed with improved routing of Safari-originated requests.
CVE-2024-44246: Jacob Braun
SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial of service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54501: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2024-54515: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2024-54528: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-54524: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2024-54498: an anonymous researcher
Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Privacy indicators for microphone access may be attributed incorrectly
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2024-54493: Yokesh Muthu K
StorageKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-44243: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo) of Microsoft
StorageKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-44224: Amy (@asentientbot)
Swift
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
CVE-2024-54495: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 278497
CVE-2024-54479: Seunghyun Lee
WebKit Bugzilla: 281912
CVE-2024-54502: Brendon Tiszka of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282180
CVE-2024-54508: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab, Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282661
CVE-2024-54505: Gary Kwong
WebKit
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 277967
CVE-2024-54534: Tashita Software Security
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