CVE-2024-40791 (GCVE-0-2024-40791)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-16 23:22
Modified
2026-04-02 18:13
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An app may be able to access information about a user's contacts
Summary
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An app may be able to access information about a user's contacts.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: 0   < 17.7
Version: 0   < 18
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   Apple macOS Version: 0   < 13.7
Version: 0   < 14.7
Version: 0   < 15
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