Check Point Advisories

Apple MacOS Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2024-44236)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1630
Date Published:	5 May 2025
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 05 May, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-44236
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable?	Apple MacOS prior to 13.7.1 Apple MacOS 14.0 and later, prior to 14.7.1
Vulnerability Description	An out of bounds write vulnerability exists in Apple MacOS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple MacOS Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2024-44236) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Apple MacOS Out of Bounds Write (CVE-2024-44236)