CVE-2024-44258

Description

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

Reserved 2024-08-20 | Published 2024-10-28 | Updated 2024-11-06 | Assigner apple

Problem types

Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files

Product status

Any version before 2.1
affected

Any version before 17.7
affected

Any version before 18.1
affected

Any version before 18.1
affected

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121566

support.apple.com/en-us/121567

support.apple.com/en-us/121569

support.apple.com/en-us/121563

cve.org (CVE-2024-44258)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-44258)

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