About the security content of Safari 17.5

This document describes the security content of Safari 17.5.

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Safari 17.5

Released May 13, 2024

WebKit

Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura

Impact: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 272750
CVE-2024-27834: Manfred Paul (@_manfp) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

 

Additional recognition

Safari Downloads

We would like to acknowledge Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) for their assistance.

 

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