CVE-2025-24106: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Apple macOS allows an application to cause unexpected system termination due to insufficient entitlement checks. Apple fixed this issue by implementing additional entitlement checks in macOS Sequoia 15.3, Sonoma 14.7.3, and Ventura 13.7.3. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker could cause a denial of service by triggering unexpected system termination on affected macOS versions. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official Apple patches by updating to macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, or macOS Ventura 13.7.3 or later. These updates include the necessary entitlement checks to prevent this issue. No additional mitigation is required if these patches are applied.
CVE-2025-24106: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
Description
This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Apple macOS allows an application to cause unexpected system termination due to insufficient entitlement checks. Apple fixed this issue by implementing additional entitlement checks in macOS Sequoia 15.3, Sonoma 14.7.3, and Ventura 13.7.3. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker could cause a denial of service by triggering unexpected system termination on affected macOS versions. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official Apple patches by updating to macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, or macOS Ventura 13.7.3 or later. These updates include the necessary entitlement checks to prevent this issue. No additional mitigation is required if these patches are applied.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:44.969Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69092135fe7723195e0534be
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 21:40:05 UTC
Last enriched: 06/03/2026, 19:58:26 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 90
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