Apple iOS/iPadOS App buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-24237. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component App. 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 was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.4, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24237 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/01/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302429
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2025 08:28
Changes: 04/01/2025 08:28 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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