CVE-2025-24265: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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 an out-of-bounds read in Apple macOS that can be triggered by an application to cause unexpected system termination. The flaw is due to insufficient bounds checking, classified under CWE-125. Apple has fixed this issue in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, and Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause unexpected system termination (crash) remotely without any privileges or user interaction, potentially leading to denial of service and full compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been released by Apple in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-24265: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple macOS
Description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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 9.8critical
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an out-of-bounds read in Apple macOS that can be triggered by an application to cause unexpected system termination. The flaw is due to insufficient bounds checking, classified under CWE-125. Apple has fixed this issue in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, and Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause unexpected system termination (crash) remotely without any privileges or user interaction, potentially leading to denial of service and full compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been released by Apple in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:45.016Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69091e16c28fd46ded8696ed
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 21:26:46 UTC
Last enriched: 07/22/2026, 21:16:08 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 242
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