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CVE-2025-24201: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

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Summary

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in WebKit that may allow maliciously crafted web content to break out of Web Content sandbox. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.3.1, iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.2 and iPadOS 18.3.2, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2, visionOS 2.3.2, watchOS 11.4. Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. (Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.).

The CVE record, via NVD · published 11 Mar 2025 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
ProductAffectedFixed in
Apple Safaribefore 18.3.118.3.1
Apple iOS and iPadOSbefore 15.8.415.8.4
Apple iOS and iPadOSbefore 16.7.1116.7.11
Apple iOS and iPadOSbefore 18.3.218.3.2
Apple iPadOSbefore 17.7.617.7.6
Apple macOSbefore 15.3.215.3.2
Apple visionOSbefore 2.3.22.3.2
Apple watchOSbefore 11.411.4

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since13 Mar 2025
Due date for US federal agencies3 Apr 2025
Used in ransomware campaignsUnknown
Required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity

CVSS 3.110 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored by NVD
WeaknessCWE-787

References

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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