System termination via insufficient video bounds checks
Published Nov 1, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Out-of-bounds access in AppleAVD in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS allows attackers to terminate the system. Apple has not disclosed the exact parser routine or malformed field; AppleAVD fails to enforce sufficient bounds checks on crafted video data. The target must parse attacker-supplied video data, and successful exploitation interrupts availability through unexpected system termination without reported data access or modification.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in AppleAVD in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS allows attackers to terminate the system. Apple has not disclosed the exact parser routine or malformed field; AppleAVD fails to enforce sufficient bounds checks on crafted video data. The target must parse attacker-supplied video data, and successful exploitation interrupts availability through unexpected system termination without reported data access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-44232
- Published
- Nov 1, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 1, 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 <17.7.1
- Affected versionversion=0 <18.1
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