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CVE-2024-54519: An app may be able to read sensitive location information in Apple macOS

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2024-54519cvecve-2024-54519
Published: 01/27/2025 (01/27/2025, 21:46:39 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Apple
Product: macOS

Description

The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.5medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

Affected versions
=0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/03/2026, 19:57:42 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability involves an app on macOS potentially accessing sensitive location information because logs were not properly sanitized, allowing unintended data exposure. Apple addressed the issue by improving the sanitization of logging in macOS Sequoia 15.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.7.2. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires local access with low complexity and no privileges but does require user interaction. The impact is confidentiality loss of sensitive location data without affecting integrity or availability.

Potential Impact

An attacker with local access and the ability to get a user to interact with the app could read sensitive location information that should have been protected. There is no impact on data integrity or system availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.

Mitigation Recommendations

Apply the official fixes by updating to macOS Sequoia 15.2 or macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 or later. These updates include the necessary sanitization to prevent sensitive location data leakage. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
apple
Date Reserved
2024-12-03T22:50:35.503Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 69ceb831e6bfc5ba1df6edaf

Added to database: 04/02/2026, 18:40:49 UTC

Last enriched: 06/03/2026, 19:57:42 UTC

Last updated: 08/02/2026, 07:17:51 UTC

Views: 83

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