The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An attacker with physical access can input Game Controller events to apps running on a locked device.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00121.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected < 14.7
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected < 13.7

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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References

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0008}

 epss

{'score': 0.00093}

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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Description The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An attacker with physical access can input Game Controller events to apps running on a locked device.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:11:04.140Z

Reserved: 2024-08-20T21:45:40.788Z

Link: CVE-2024-44265

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:11:04.140Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-28T21:15:07.457

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:15:37.740

Link: CVE-2024-44265

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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