VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-24159
An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/14
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/19
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.