CVE-2024-54551

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

Published: 2025-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-54551 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-54551

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 2026-06-15 0.16% 0.55% +0.39%
2 2026-05-01 0.14% 0.16% +0.02%
3 2026-04-29 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-54551

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-54551

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-54551

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-54551 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 8, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-54551
gentoo high CVE-2024-54551: 1 GLSA(s) (202511-02), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-54551
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54551
suse medium CVE-2024-54551 severity moderate: SUSE including 96 source package names (WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.48.1-150400.4.115.2, WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.48.1-150600.12.36.5, …), 375 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (30 product lines)): Fixed 375. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54551/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-54551 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 38 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): ignored 15, DNE 14, released 5, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-54551

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-54551

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 17.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 17.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 17.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos < 14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 17.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos < 1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 10.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-54551

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120909 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120913 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120914 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120915 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120916 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00016.html
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