Kernel memory-protection bypass via insufficient validation
Published Mar 5, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Memory corruption in the kernel across affected Apple platforms allows attackers with arbitrary kernel read and write to bypass memory protections. The kernel performs insufficient validation in an undisclosed code path, permitting memory corruption that defeats its protection boundary. Exploitation requires preexisting arbitrary kernel read-and-write capability, and Apple reports that the issue was exploited.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in the kernel across affected Apple platforms allows attackers with arbitrary kernel read and write to bypass memory protections. The kernel performs insufficient validation in an undisclosed code path, permitting memory corruption that defeats its protection boundary. Exploitation requires preexisting arbitrary kernel read-and-write capability, and Apple reports that the issue was exploited.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23225
- Published
- Mar 5, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <16.7.6
- Affected versionversion=17.0 <17.4
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Reported exploitation
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