CVE-2024-54538: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.1 (fixed in 17.7.1); from 18.0, before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 17.7.1 (fixed in 17.7.1); from 18.0, before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.7.1 (fixed in 13.7.1); from 14.0, before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple visionOS: before 2.1 (fixed in 2.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 11.1 (fixed in 11.1)

Published 2024-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.