CVE-2024-44142
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in GarageBand 10.4.12. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in GarageBand's image processing functionality allows arbitrary code execution when processing a maliciously crafted image. The issue stemmed from insufficient bounds checks during image parsing, enabling a buffer overflow or similar memory corruption condition.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 10.4.12CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify GarageBand is installedCheck if GarageBand.app exists in /Applications folder or run: ls -la /Applications | grep -i garagebandAffected if GarageBand.app is not present in the Applications directory, then the product is not installed and not affected.
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Determine installed GarageBand versionOpen GarageBand, then go to GarageBand > About GarageBand to view the version number, or right-click GarageBand.app > Get Info > General to see the versionAffected if The About window displays a version number that can be compared to 10.4.12.
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Compare version against affected rangeParse the version number shown in About GarageBand. For example, if it shows version 10.4.10, note that 10.4.10 is less than 10.4.12Affected if The installed version is any release prior to 10.4.12 (e.g., 10.4.0 through 10.4.11). Versions 10.4.12 and later are not affected.
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Identify exposure vectorThis vulnerability is triggered when GarageBand processes an image file. Assess whether GarageBand is configured to import or process image files, particularly from untrusted sourcesAffected if GarageBand is used to process image files and the installed version is below 10.4.12, making the bounds check vulnerability applicable.
You are affected if GarageBand is installed with a version number lower than 10.4.12 and you process image files within the application.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped10.4.12
Update to GarageBand 10.4.12 or later to obtain the bounds check improvements. Avoid opening untrusted image files until the update is applied.
GarageBand 10.4.12
- Open the Mac App Store on your Mac
- Navigate to the Updates tab
- Locate GarageBand in the list of available updates
- Click Update next to GarageBand to install version 10.4.12 or later
- Alternatively, search for GarageBand in the App Store and update if a newer version is available
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-44142 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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