An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3864-1 webkit2gtk security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5762-1 webkit2gtk security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-38620 An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6996-1 WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
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History

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 03:30:00 +0900


Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:30:00 +0900

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References

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:15:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:45:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Tus

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:45:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:45:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics threat_severity

Important

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0900

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References

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 01:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple safari
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
Apple macos
Apple safari
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:30:00 +0900


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:22:47.026Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.688Z

Link: CVE-2024-40779

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:22:47.026Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-29T23:15:11.590

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:32.800

Link: CVE-2024-40779

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40779 - Bugzilla

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