About the security content of Safari 17.6
This document describes the security content of Safari 17.6.
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Safari 17.6
Released July 29, 2024
Safari
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
CVE-2024-40817: Yadhu Krishna M and Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security At Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 273176
CVE-2024-40776: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 268770
CVE-2024-40782: Maksymilian Motyl
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
WebKit Bugzilla: 275431
CVE-2024-40779: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit Bugzilla: 275273
CVE-2024-40780: Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 273805
CVE-2024-40785: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2024-40789: Seunghyun Lee (@0x10n) of KAIST Hacking Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
WebKit Bugzilla: 274165
CVE-2024-4558
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 275272
CVE-2024-40794: Matthew Butler
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 276097
CVE-2024-44185: Gary Kwong
Entry added October 15, 2024
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura
Impact: A user may be able to bypass some web content restrictions
Description: An issue in the handling of URL protocols was addressed with improved logic.
WebKit Bugzilla: 280765
CVE-2024-44206: Andreas Jaegersberger and Ro Achterberg
Entry added October 15, 2024
Additional recognition
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
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