CVE-2024-44258

highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.75% (55th) EPSS

CVSS 7.1 · high

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · ncsc_nl

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

ifpdz/CVE-2024-44258CVE-2024-44258PoC · poc_in_github
missaels235/POC-CVE-2024-44258-Pymissaels235/POC-CVE-2024-44258-PyPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS <17.7.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iOS <18.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS <17.7.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS <18.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 17.7.1cert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 18.1cert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS< 17.7.1cert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS< 18.1cert_bundDE
Apple iOS and iPadOS0 → 17.7.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple iOS and iPadOS0 → 18.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOS0 → 18.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple visionOS0 → 2.1enisa_euvdEU
ipadosall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados< 17.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados18.0 → 18.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 17.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os18.0 → 18.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 18.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos< 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0428Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Apple iOS en iPadOSNL2024-10-30csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Apple heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in iOS en iPadOS.
WID-SEC-W-2024-3288Apple iOS und iPadOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-10-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-10-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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