CVE-2024-23226

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Published: 2024-03-08 Last update: 2026-04-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-23226 is rated Moderate Risk (58.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-23226

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 3.64% 0.88% -2.76%
2 2025-11-18 0.88% 3.64% +2.76%
3 2025-11-05 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-23226

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-23226

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-23226

vendor priority summary link
suse high CVE-2024-23226 severity important: SUSE including 110 source package names (WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.48.2-150600.12.40.2, …), 397 product×package rows across 41 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (41 product lines)): Fixed 366, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23226/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-23226 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 33 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, upstream, xenial): ignored 16, DNE 10, needs-triage 4, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23226

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-23226

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple ipad_os < 17.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 17.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 14.0, < 14.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 17.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos < 1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 10.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-23226

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21 Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24 Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25 Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/26 Mailing List
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214087 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214088 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214081
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214087
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214088
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