cve-2025-24159
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-27 21:45
Modified
2025-03-19 14:05
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122066Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122067Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122068Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122069Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122071Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122072Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/122073Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14.7
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   Apple visionOS Version: unspecified   < 2.3
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   Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 18.3
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15.3
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   Apple iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 17.7
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 11.3
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 18.3
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