| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Parser. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-24161. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3. Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-24161 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214661 (macOS 14.x < 14.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122069)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214661). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 214661
Nessus Name: macOS 14.x < 14.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122069)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/17/2025 🔍01/28/2025 🔍
01/28/2025 🔍
02/07/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-24161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293821
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 01/28/2025 07:35Updated: 02/07/2025 17:08
Changes: 01/28/2025 07:35 (55), 01/28/2025 15:46 (2), 01/31/2025 04:04 (12), 02/07/2025 17:08 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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