CVE-2025-24237: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple iOS and iPadOS
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a buffer overflow due to insufficient bounds checking in Apple iOS and iPadOS. Exploitation by a malicious app could lead to unexpected system termination, impacting system availability. The issue has been resolved by Apple through improved bounds checking in multiple OS versions including iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
A malicious app exploiting this buffer overflow vulnerability can cause unexpected system termination, resulting in denial of service and potential disruption of device operations. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level as per the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, visionOS 2.4, and watchOS 11.4. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue.
CVE-2025-24237: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a buffer overflow due to insufficient bounds checking in Apple iOS and iPadOS. Exploitation by a malicious app could lead to unexpected system termination, impacting system availability. The issue has been resolved by Apple through improved bounds checking in multiple OS versions including iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
A malicious app exploiting this buffer overflow vulnerability can cause unexpected system termination, resulting in denial of service and potential disruption of device operations. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level as per the CVSS score.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, visionOS 2.4, and watchOS 11.4. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:45.007Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6909153bc28fd46ded7bac53
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 20:48:59 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 08:41:16 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 106
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