About the security content of Safari 18.1
This document describes the security content of Safari 18.1.
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Safari 18.1
Released October 29, 2024
Safari Downloads
Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2024-44259: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
Safari Private Browsing
Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma
Impact: Private browsing may leak some browsing history
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2024-44229: Lucas Di Tomase
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma
Impact: Cookies belonging to one origin may be sent to another origin
Description: A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 279226
CVE-2024-44212: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry added December 11, 2024
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 278765
CVE-2024-44296: Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 279780
CVE-2024-44244: an anonymous researcher, Q1IQ (@q1iqF) and P1umer (@p1umer)
Additional recognition
Safari Private Browsing
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher and Jacob Compton for their assistance.
Entry updated December 11, 2024
Safari Tabs
We would like to acknowledge Jaydev Ahire for their assistance.
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