CVE-2024-23259: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service in Apple iOS and iPadOS
CVE-2024-23259 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS that occurs during the processing of web content. The issue was addressed by Apple with improved checks and is fixed in iOS 16. 7. 6, iPadOS 16. 7. 6, iOS 17. 4, and iPadOS 17. 4. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 5, indicating a medium severity level.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-23259 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS where processing certain web content may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The root cause relates to insufficient checks during web content processing, which Apple has mitigated by improving validation and checks in the affected components. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of iOS and iPadOS prior to 16.7.6 and 17.4. Apple has released official patches addressing this issue in iOS 16.7.6, iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4, and iPadOS 17.4. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, but requires user interaction, and impacts availability only.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on affected Apple iOS and iPadOS devices by processing crafted web content. This impacts the availability of the device or application but does not compromise confidentiality or integrity. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild. The impact is limited to disruption rather than data breach or code execution.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official patches for this vulnerability in iOS 16.7.6, iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4, and iPadOS 17.4. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond installing the official updates.
CVE-2024-23259: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
CVE-2024-23259 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS that occurs during the processing of web content. The issue was addressed by Apple with improved checks and is fixed in iOS 16. 7. 6, iPadOS 16. 7. 6, iOS 17. 4, and iPadOS 17. 4. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 5, indicating a medium severity level.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-23259 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS where processing certain web content may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The root cause relates to insufficient checks during web content processing, which Apple has mitigated by improving validation and checks in the affected components. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of iOS and iPadOS prior to 16.7.6 and 17.4. Apple has released official patches addressing this issue in iOS 16.7.6, iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4, and iPadOS 17.4. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, but requires user interaction, and impacts availability only.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on affected Apple iOS and iPadOS devices by processing crafted web content. This impacts the availability of the device or application but does not compromise confidentiality or integrity. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild. The impact is limited to disruption rather than data breach or code execution.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official patches for this vulnerability in iOS 16.7.6, iPadOS 16.7.6, iOS 17.4, and iPadOS 17.4. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond installing the official updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-12T22:22:21.488Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690a47536d939959c8022861
Added to database: 11/4/2025, 6:34:59 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:05:10 PM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 8:37:30 AM
Views: 43
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