Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3 App buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component App. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24266. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, 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. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-24266 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 13.7, 14.7 or 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7/14.7/15.4

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01/17/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302449
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

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Created: 04/01/2025 08:41
Changes: 04/01/2025 08:41 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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