CVE-2025-24201: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions
Source GCVE Database
Exploited in the wild · KEV due 3 Apr 2025 · fixed in 2.3.2 : patch affected systems now.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC
- KEV deadline
- US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else. Other KEV due dates
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.3.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: evidence found.
Listed in CISA KEV 2 days after disclosure
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by Apple Inc.
, 53 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
Added to CISA KEV (opens in a new tab)
exploitation confirmed
, 2 days after disclosure
KEV remediation due
US federal deadline
, 23 days after disclosure
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA KEV (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Apply the official patches provided by Apple in visionOS 2.3.2, iOS 18.3.2, iPadOS 18.3.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 to remediate this vulnerability. These updates include improved checks that prevent unauthorized actions and address the out-of-bounds write issue. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Description
CVE-2025-24201 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Apple operating systems that could allow malicious web content to escape the Web Content sandbox. The issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions and is fixed in visionOS 2.3.2, iOS 18.3.2, iPadOS 18.3.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.3.2. This vulnerability is a supplementary fix for an attack blocked in iOS 17.2 and may have been exploited in a highly sophisticated targeted attack on earlier iOS versions.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24201 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/194 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/JGoyd/Glass-Cage-iOS18-CVE-2025-24085-CVE-2025-24201 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00016.html (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122281 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122283 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122284 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122285 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122345 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122346 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122372 (opens in a new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122376 (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24201 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/16 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/7 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/19 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Mar/2 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Mar/3 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Mar/4 (opens in a new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Mar/5 (opens in a new tab)