CVE-2024-44299: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)

Published 2024-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.