Remote app termination via SceneKit buffer overflow
Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026
Buffer overflow in SceneKit across affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to terminate an application unexpectedly. SceneKit performs insufficient bounds checking while handling attacker-controlled input, allowing data to overflow a memory buffer; Apple has not disclosed the affected parser or input format. No privileges or user interaction are required, and the published impact is limited to terminating the affected application rather than compromising data or the operating system.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in SceneKit across affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to terminate an application unexpectedly. SceneKit performs insufficient bounds checking while handling attacker-controlled input, allowing data to overflow a memory buffer; Apple has not disclosed the affected parser or input format. No privileges or user interaction are required, and the published impact is limited to terminating the affected application rather than compromising data or the operating system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-28846
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.7.9
- Affected versionversion=0 <26.5
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