Apple iOS/iPadOS Web Content buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Web Content Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24209. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 18.4, Safari 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24209 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234072 (AlmaLinux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2025:3713)), 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 (234072). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 234072
Nessus Name: AlmaLinux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2025:3713)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2025 🔍
04/01/2025 +73 days 🔍
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04/10/2025 +9 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24209 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24209
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302267
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 04:40
Updated: 04/10/2025 05:41
Changes: 04/01/2025 04:40 (55), 04/10/2025 05:41 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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