Is CVE-2024-27834 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-27834 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-04.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-27834?

CVE-2024-27834 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2024-27834?

Patch guidance is available from apple security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-27834.

CVE-2024-27834 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2024-27834?

10 products: apple safari, apple ipados, apple iphone os, apple macos, apple tvos, and 5 more.

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, tvOS 17.5, Safari 17.5, watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-277

Metadata

Primary Vendor: APPLE
Published: 5/14/2024
Last Modified: 11/4/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

apple : safariapple : ipadosapple : iphone_osapple : macosapple : tvosapple : watchoswebkitgtk : webkitgtkwpewebkit : wpe_webkitfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD