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CVE-2024-40864: The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols.

LowCVSS 2.7 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 10/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.65% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 51.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.2, watchOS 11.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to track a user's activity.

Published
Mar 31, 2025
Updated
Jul 23, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 51th percentile

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Action score

10

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
applemacos

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apple). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS

    • before 18.2affected

  • Apple macOS

    • before 13.7.5affected
    • before 14.7.5affected
    • before 15.2affected

  • Apple tvOS

    • before 18.2affected

  • Apple watchOS

    • before 11.2affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apple macosbefore 13.7.5
  • apple macos14.0 and later · before 14.7.5

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-31200A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV
    75This week
  • CVE-2026-65400An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.KEV
    74This week
  • CVE-2025-31201This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.KEV
    73This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-44305Mar 20, 2025 · This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-28207Mar 20, 2025 · The issue was addressed with improved checks.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-54533Mar 31, 2025 · A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-242040 days apartThe issue was addressed with improved checks.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2025-242320 days apartThis issue was addressed through improved state management.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-242460 days apartAn injection issue was addressed with improved validation.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-242500 days apartThis issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-242630 days apartA privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data to a protected location.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-304240 days apartA logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
    39Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

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