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CVE-2024-40798This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, macOS…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.31%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 76% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. An app may be able to read Safari's browsing history.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
- affected < 16.7.9
- affected < 12.7.6
- affected < 13.6.8
- affected < 14.6
References
References16
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120908 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214116 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-38639 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-40798)Record last updated .