System termination via video parser bounds failure
Published Nov 1, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Improper bounds checking in AppleAVD in affected Apple operating systems allows attackers to terminate the system by parsing a crafted video file. Apple has disclosed only that AppleAVD applies insufficient bounds checks while parsing untrusted video data; no lower-level locus is public. Exploitation requires the target to parse a malicious video, and the reported consequence is system termination without disclosed data exposure or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper bounds checking in AppleAVD in affected Apple operating systems allows attackers to terminate the system by parsing a crafted video file. Apple has disclosed only that AppleAVD applies insufficient bounds checks while parsing untrusted video data; no lower-level locus is public. Exploitation requires the target to parse a malicious video, and the reported consequence is system termination without disclosed data exposure or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-44234
- Published
- Nov 1, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- 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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