CVE-2025-24273

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking

Critical · published March 31, 2025

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🔥 An out-of-bounds write vulnerability could let any app unleash chaos on your system! Think of it like a chef in a busy kitchen who accidentally slops ingredients outside their designated area, causing a recipe to go awry — here, the kitchen is your system's memory space. An attacker could potentially trigger unexpected system crashes or corrupt vital kernel memory, leading to serious instability. This could mean anything from a frustrating app crash to your entire system being rendered useless!

Put simply

Think of it like a chef in a busy kitchen who accidentally slops ingredients outside their designated area, causing a recipe to go awry — here, the kitchen is your system's memory space. This vulnerability allows an application to write data outside the allocated memory bounds, which can compromise the stability of the operating system, resulting in crashes or corruption of kernel memory.

What to do

An attacker could potentially trigger unexpected system crashes or corrupt vital kernel memory, leading to serious instability. This could mean anything from a frustrating app crash to your entire system being rendered useless! Upgrade your macOS to Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, or Ventura 13.7.5. It's crucial to ensure your system is patched to avoid any unwanted surprises from rogue apps! You've got this! Keep your system secure and up-to-date, and you’ll be a security hero in no time! 🦸

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00949 · 60.8th percentile
Published
2025-03-31T22:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 MAR 22:23Z
    An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking
    cvelistv5