Restricted-memory disclosure via unsanitized Metal input
Published Mar 8, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Metal in affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read restricted memory via crafted application input. Metal inadequately validates and sanitizes application-supplied input before accessing memory, but Apple has not disclosed the affected API or data structure. Execution of an application on the device is required, and the documented consequence is confined to unauthorized memory disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Metal in affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read restricted memory via crafted application input. Metal inadequately validates and sanitizes application-supplied input before accessing memory, but Apple has not disclosed the affected API or data structure. Execution of an application on the device is required, and the documented consequence is confined to unauthorized memory disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23264
- Published
- Mar 8, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <16.7.6
- Affected versionversion=0 <17.4
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