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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2024-40857 json

This issue was addressed through improved state management.

published 2024-09-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38692

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, tvOS 18, visionOS 2, watchOS 11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

Patch / fix

  • Apple Safari 18
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 18
  • Apple macOS 15
  • Apple tvOS 18
  • Apple visionOS 2
  • Apple watchOS 11

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-40857 updated cvss 7.1

webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, webkitgtk4, libwebkit2gtk, webkitgtk4-jsc, webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc, webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple Safari
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple macOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple visionOS
  • Apple watchOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.