CVE-2025-24195
Published: 31 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24195 is an integer overflow vulnerability that was addressed with improved input validation. It affects macOS Sequoia prior to version 15.4, macOS Sonoma prior to 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura prior to 13.7.5. Published on 2025-03-31, the issue is linked to CWE-276 and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), marking it as critical severity.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an unauthenticated attacker requiring no privileges or user interaction, with low attack complexity over the network. Successful exploitation enables a user to elevate privileges on the affected system.
Apple's security advisories detail the fixes in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Practitioners should prioritize patching affected systems, with further details available at https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373, https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374, https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10, and http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8.
Details
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Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Integer overflow with remote unauthenticated exploitation directly enables privilege escalation on macOS, mapping to T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation.