CVE-2025-24159
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS...
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.8
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
CVE-2025-24159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
7.8
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
CVE-2025-24159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-3661
7.8
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3661- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q7qh-x2m6-6www
7.8
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS...
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. 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. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- Record
GHSA-q7qh-x2m6-6www- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-24159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Ipados, published January 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
support.apple.com/en-us/122066
support.apple.com/en-us/122067
support.apple.com/en-us/122068
support.apple.com/en-us/122069
support.apple.com/en-us/122071
support.apple.com/en-us/122072
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support.apple.com/en-us/122073
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/19
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/18
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/14
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24159
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7qh-x2m6-6www