Apple watchOS Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple watchOS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24144. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, visionOS 2.3, iPadOS 17.7.7, watchOS 11.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.6, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, tvOS 18.3. An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24144 since 01/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

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-2025-24144 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24144
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308447

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2025 07:04
Changes: 05/13/2025 07:04 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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