CVE-2024-44308
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1.1, iOS 17.7.2 and iPadOS 17.7.2, iOS 18.1.1 and iPadOS 18.1.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, visionOS 2.1.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems.
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. The bug can be reached over the network, so generic WAF rules may stop some attacks. Its weakness type is unknown, so we cannot be more precise.
Also consider: patch
Based on the weakness type only; no CVE-specific evidence yet. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2024-44308 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-44308 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-44308?
CVE-2024-44308 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-44308?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-44308. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-44308 affect?
CVE-2024-44308 affects debian:debian_linux, apple:safari, apple:ipados, apple:iphone_os, and 2 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected< 17.7.2
- affected< 18.1.1
- affected< 15.1.1
- affected< 18.1.1
- affected< 2.1.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
public exploits
Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept
- migopp/cve-2024-44308 · 0 ★
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 23 Nov 2024 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 20 Nov 2024Published
- 21 Nov 2024Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 1 day later
- 23 Nov 2024CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 2 days later
- 12 Dec 2024CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 19 days later
- 7 Apr 2025First proof-of-concept repository on GitHub (unvetted) · 116 days (about 4 months) later
- 2 Apr 2026CVE record last updated · 361 days (about 12 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 214 days (about 7 months) later
- Linksupport.apple.com /en-us/121752
- Linksupport.apple.com /en-us/121753
- Linksupport.apple.com /en-us/121754
- Linksupport.apple.com /en-us/121755
- Linksupport.apple.com /en-us/121756
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-44308
- Linklists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00003.html
- Linkseclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/16
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.