CVE-2025-24165: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a permissions issue in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an application to cause unexpected system termination, impacting system availability. The issue is resolved by applying additional restrictions in the fixed versions macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and the ability to trick a user into interacting with a malicious app could cause the system to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in denial of service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity of data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official fixes by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, or macOS Ventura 13.7.5 or later. These versions include additional restrictions that address the permissions issue causing the vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided or required.
CVE-2025-24165: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. 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 v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a permissions issue in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an application to cause unexpected system termination, impacting system availability. The issue is resolved by applying additional restrictions in the fixed versions macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high impact on availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and the ability to trick a user into interacting with a malicious app could cause the system to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in denial of service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity of data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official fixes by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, or macOS Ventura 13.7.5 or later. These versions include additional restrictions that address the permissions issue causing the vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided or required.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:44.988Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a2b05c1815e7002b81e9956
Added to database: 06/11/2026, 19:00:17 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 18:25:53 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:53 UTC
Views: 34
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