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CVE-2024-27820

high

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Vendor / product: Apple — safari

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, watchOS 10.5. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-06-10 21:15
Modified: 2026-11-04 00:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 00:25 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

apple / safari <17.5
apple / ipados <16.7.8, ≥17.0 <17.5
apple / iphone_os <16.7.8, ≥17.0 <17.5
apple / macos ≥14.0 <14.5
apple / tvos <17.5
apple / visionos <1.2
apple / watchos <10.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-119

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214100
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214101
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214102
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214103
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214104
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214108

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 00:25 UTC · record ↗

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