VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2025-24266

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.08%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.08% probability · 65th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: apple/macos
Source: product-security@apple.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.